Lot Essay
Cf. Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p. 130, pls. 577, 577A, & 577B, for dated examples. Sir John was a candidate in the Taunton parliamentary election of 1754.
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Details
An English delft parlimentary election plate
possibly Bristol, inscribed Sr. John Pole/for ever, within a scalloped roundel and foliate ornament, circa 1754 (a section broken and re-glued with small losses, chips to the rim) -- 20cm. diam.
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possibly Bristol, inscribed Sr. John Pole/for ever, within a scalloped roundel and foliate ornament, circa 1754 (a section broken and re-glued with small losses, chips to the rim) -- 20cm. diam.
See illustration
Provenance
Elizabeth Frances Templer and then by decent.
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