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CIRCA 1760, GOLD ANCHOR MARKS
Details
Six Chelsea blue-ground plates
Circa 1760, gold anchor marks
En suite to the preceding (one riveted; one chipped; two cracked to the underside; all with rubbing to gilding)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. (6)
Circa 1760, gold anchor marks
En suite to the preceding (one riveted; one chipped; two cracked to the underside; all with rubbing to gilding)
8¼ in. (21 cm.) diam. (6)
Provenance
Thomas, 2nd Marquess of Bath (1765-1837), Longleat, Wiltshire and by descent at Longleat.
Literature
1869 Inventory, 'Fourteen old Chelsea plates deep blue with insects in gold and exotic birds in colours in medallions'.
1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirloons).
1896 Inventory (2nd Marquess' Heirloons).
Special notice
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