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Lot Essay
Robert Henry Soden-Smith (1822-1890) took on the role of Assistant Keeper of the Art Museum and Library of South Kensington, now the Victoria and Albert Museum, in 1857.
See Christie's, New York, 18-19 January 2002, lot 479, for a similar plate from The Collection of the Late Robert J. Kahn. Also see The Jean and Kenneth Chorely Collection, Christie's, New York, 25 January 1993, lot 78 for a pair of similarly moulded plates.
See Christie's, New York, 18-19 January 2002, lot 479, for a similar plate from The Collection of the Late Robert J. Kahn. Also see The Jean and Kenneth Chorely Collection, Christie's, New York, 25 January 1993, lot 78 for a pair of similarly moulded plates.