British Art Pottery - 3rd December 2014
Lot 152
A rare pair of Raphael and Dante portrait plaques by Lewis F Day
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £800
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Description
A rare pair of Raphael and Dante portrait plaques by Lewis F Day, dated 1876, painted incised a border of laurel monogrammed and dated in blue to reverse one in half and re-stuck 29cm. diam.
Literature
The Magazine of Art, 1878, page 179 these plaques mentioned in an article on painting on china
Exhibited
Howell & James, Regent Street 1878
Provenance
private collection