English and European Ceramics and Glass - 19th April 2016
Lot 163
A Derby plate c.1815
Estimate £250 - £350
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Description
A Derby plate c.1815, painted with a central roundel of goats in a landscape within a turquoise border, titled 'In Wales' to the reverse, a Derby coffee can in pattern 627 with gilt palmette design on a blue ground, rare mark for Donovan of Dublin, and a Grainger & Co flared beaker painted with a view of Worcester, printed mark, 22.3cm max. (3)
James Donovan was a "china" painter and retailer in Dublin during the late 18th century and into the first half of the 19th. For more information see Maired Reynolds' article in the Irish Arts Review, 1984.