A BOW ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATE

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A BOW ARMORIAL OCTAGONAL PLATE
Circa 1756

The central coat-of-arms surmounted by a crest surrounded by scattered specimen flowers beneath an iron-red and gilt spearhead border (repaired extended crack, slight rubbing to gilding)
9 1/4in. (23.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

The arms are those of Ilbery

Cf. Elizabeth Adams & David Redstone, Bow Porcelain (1991), p. 123, pl. 60 for the example in the Victoria and Albert Museum (E.F. Broderip Gift C. 1325-1924); also see George Savage, 18th Century English Porcelain, pl. 31(c) and the examples sold by Sotheby's on 30 May 1967, lot 21 (W.H. Pitts Collection), 3 April 1973, lot 156 and 25 May 1992, lot 315

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