A Delft blue and white Royal portrait dish
painted with quarter-length portraits of William and Mary, below drapery and above the initials KVGBT.MKII, within a border of stylised flowers and leaves, circa 1689 (damages and restoration) -- 34cm. diam. See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. Bernard Rackham, The Catalogue of the Glashier Collection of Pottery and Porcelain (1935), pl.191c, no.2482 for a dish with similar portraits.
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