CIRCA 1715

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A BRISTOL DELFT POLYCHROME ROYAL PORTRAIT DISH
CIRCA 1715
Painted in blue, green and iron-red with a portrait of George I in his coronation robes flanked by the initials GR within a circular berry, scroll and foliage cartouche, the border with swags of foliage and stylised flowerheads, the underside with a band of dot-ornament, the footrim pierced for hanging
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

See Michael Archer, Delftware. The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1997, p. 117, no. B.6 for a similar example where the author refers to Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 241, no. 1054 for a dated bowl of 1714 with similar elements of design on the border, indicating the present dish represents George I, rather than George II.

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