Lot Essay
Cf. Christie's, London, 22 March 2001, lot 92
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CIRCA 1877, IMPRESSED AND GILT UPPERCASE MARKS, RETAILER'S CROWNED MARK FOR T. GOODE & CO., LONDON, VARIOUS CYPHERS, PATTERN NO. G5145, MOST SIGNED WITH EITHER AN AB MONOGRAM FOR ALBOIN BIRKS OR AN AM MONOGRAM FOR ARTHUR MORGAN
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TWELVE MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE IVORY-GROUND CABINET PLATES
Circa 1877, impressed and gilt uppercase marks, retailer's crowned mark for T. Goode & Co., London, various cyphers, pattern no. G5145, most signed with either an AB monogram for Alboin Birks or an AM monogram for Arthur Morgan
Each finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a putto at leisurely or amorous pursuits, on variantly colored reserves and within a variety of shaped and gilt surrounds, the gilt banded rim edged with pendant harebells
9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter (12)
Circa 1877, impressed and gilt uppercase marks, retailer's crowned mark for T. Goode & Co., London, various cyphers, pattern no. G5145, most signed with either an AB monogram for Alboin Birks or an AM monogram for Arthur Morgan
Each finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a putto at leisurely or amorous pursuits, on variantly colored reserves and within a variety of shaped and gilt surrounds, the gilt banded rim edged with pendant harebells
9½ in. (24 cm.) diameter (12)