A pearlware soup plate
possibly Scottish, moulded with a quarter-length profile portrait of Queen Caroline wearing a plumed hat, enriched in colours and pink lustre, above a titled banner, the border moulded with crowns, printed with feathers and tied leaves, indistinct impressed crown mark, circa 1820 -- 24.5cm. diam See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, op. cit., col. pl.8.
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