Fine Pottery & Porcelain - 21st February 2024
Lot 643
A pair of Flight Barr and Barr armorial plates, c.1830, painted with a double crest beneath a banner
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £693
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Description
A pair of Flight Barr and Barr armorial plates, c.1830, painted with a double crest beneath a banner inscribed with the motto 'Spes Nostra Deus', within wide purple and gilt vine borders, a Barr, Flight and Barr plate and a muffin dish and cover decorated with the arms for St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso, and another boldly decorated with a wide Imari style border around the Yates coat of arms impaling another, printed and impressed marks, 24cm max. (6)
Provenance: the Charles Dawson Collection.
St Andrew St John, 14th Baron St John of Bletso was MP for Bedfordshire and a personal friend of Charles James Fox.