Details
A set of four Chinese export monogrammed plates
painted en grisaille and gilt with central monograms below crowns and within cartouches of leaves tied with ribbons, all within borders of scattered flower sprays -- 9in. (23cm.) diam, 18th Century. (4)
painted en grisaille and gilt with central monograms below crowns and within cartouches of leaves tied with ribbons, all within borders of scattered flower sprays -- 9in. (23cm.) diam, 18th Century. (4)
Sale room notice
These plates were probably part of a wedding service made for George II and Carolina of Ansbach. Similar plates were salvaged from the Swedish East Indian ship that sunk outside Gothenburg in 1745.