English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021
Lot 468
A good pair of Bow plates c.1750-53
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
A good pair of Bow plates c.1750-53, well painted in famille rose enamels, each with two long-tailed birds in flight above and perched on flowering peony branches, the shallow saucer forms with narrow rims decorated with a repeated design of flower scrolls, 19.6cm. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of Lady Kate Davson, née Kate Foster (1938-2020).
Exhibited: between 2009 and 2020 one of the plates has been on loan to the Ashmolean Museum.