A London delft blue and white Royal portrait dish

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A London delft blue and white Royal portrait dish
painted with a half-length portrait of Queen Anne, crowned and holding a septre, between the initials AR, within concentric circles and a border of stylised leaves, outlined in manganese, 1702-1714 (some damage and restoration) -- 22.2cm. diam.
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Lot Essay

Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p.144, no.10.9; see Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), p.116, no.B.4; also see the example sold in our St. James's Rooms, 13th July 1981, lot 200.

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