A SET OF SEVEN PARIS (LOCRÉ) EGYPTIAN REVIVAL PLATES
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL AND SHARON PHILLIPS (LOTS 318-332, 370)
A SET OF SEVEN PARIS (LOCRÉ) EGYPTIAN REVIVAL PLATES

CIRCA 1790-1800, BLUE CROSSED TORCH MARKS AND VARIOUS INCISED INITIALS

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A SET OF SEVEN PARIS (LOCRÉ) EGYPTIAN REVIVAL PLATES
Circa 1790-1800, blue crossed torch marks and various incised initials
Each variantly painted, depicting obelisks, Egyptian temples, scarabs, mummies and hieroglyphics against faux marble and other grounds
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter (7)
Provenance
with Armin B. Allen, London, no. 1147.

Lot Essay

See anonymous sale; Sotheby's Olympia, 5 July 2006, lot 79 for two more of these whimsical plates.

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