English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 250
A pair of pearlware portrait plaques c.1800
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £600
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Description
A pair of pearlware portrait plaques c.1800, modelled in high relief with profile portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, coloured and reserved on a pink ground within a beaded black border, the Marie Antoinette plaque restored, 18.5cm. (2)
Provenance: the collection of Aurea Carter.
Cf. Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware, p.132 for a similar pair. Lewis attributes the source of these plaques to a pair of Wedgwood Jasperware plaques modelled by William Hackwood in 1778.