Furniture, Works of Art, Carpets & Clocks - including the Homm Collection of Carpets Part One - 15th January 2025
Lot 469
A GEORGE III OVAL TOLE PEINTE TRAY
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500
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Description
A GEORGE III OVAL TOLE PEINTE TRAY
C.1795
painted with a scene from William Shakespeare's play Cymbeline depicting Imogen, Belarius, Guiderius and Arviragus before a cave, inside a thin border and a rim painted with classical anthemion and harebell swags between a pair of pierced handles, inscribed 'Cymbeline' lower right
77cm wide, 60.6cm wide, 4.1cm high
Literature
Illustrated in W.D. John and Jacqueline Simcox, 'English Decorated Trays', p.107.