Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 28th February 2017

Lot 8

Two blue and white commemorative transferware plates 1st half 19th century

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £150

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Description

Two blue and white commemorative transferware plates 1st half 19th century, depicting the Apotheosis of Nelson, the well with Neptune and Britannia in a chariot drawn by hippocampi, the rim with portrait roundels and further naval motifs, 24.5cm. (2)

Cf. P D Gordon Pugh & Margery Pugh, Naval Ceramics, pl.52c for an oval dish from the same service.