English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021

Lot 514

A London-decorated Chinese armorial plate c.1755-60

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £700

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Description

A London-decorated Chinese armorial plate c.1755-60, probably painted in the atelier of James Giles with the crest of a seated and chained dog above a butterfly and other insects around loose flower sprays and scattered sprigs, 23cm.

Illustrated: Stockspring Antiques, The Stephen Hanscombe Porcelain Collection, pl.63.

Exhibited: Stockspring Antiques, Early James Giles, No. 110; and James Giles, 2005, no. 75. Also, English Ceramic Circle, Armorials Exhibition, 2008.

Paper labels for the Watney Collection and the Stephen Hanscombe Collection.