A pearlware Queen Caroline plate
possibly Scottish, moulded with a quarter-length profile portrait of Queen Caroline wearing a plumed hat above a titled banner, the border moulded with crowns issuing roses and thistles and Prince of Wales feathers, enriched in colours and pink lustre, circa 1820 (minor rubbing) -- 21cm. diam. See illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. J. & J. May, op. cit., col. pl.8.
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