Lot Essay
See The Nelson and Eloise Davis Collection, Christie's, New York, 10 October 2001, lot 187 for similar plates set with pâte-sur-pâte portrait medallions.
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FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, PUCE CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED DATE CODES AND CYPHERS, SIGNED A.(LBOIN) BIRKS
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EIGHT MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE SLATE-BLUE AND IVORY GROUND PLATES
FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, PUCE CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED DATE CODES AND CYPHERS, SIGNED A.(LBOIN) BIRKS
Each with an intricately tooled gilt band at the cavetto alternating urns, laurel branches and anthemion, the border with three gilt bands punctuated with three 'cameo' portrait medallions finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip within beaded surrounds, alternate with torcheres and berried vine
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter (8)
FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY, PUCE CROWNED GLOBE AND IMPRESSED UPPERCASE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED DATE CODES AND CYPHERS, SIGNED A.(LBOIN) BIRKS
Each with an intricately tooled gilt band at the cavetto alternating urns, laurel branches and anthemion, the border with three gilt bands punctuated with three 'cameo' portrait medallions finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip within beaded surrounds, alternate with torcheres and berried vine
10¼ in. (26 cm.) diameter (8)