A London delft blue and white plate

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A London delft blue and white plate
painted with a quarter-length portrait of Admiral Lord Keppel, within a roundel issuing sprays of flowers, the border inscribed in manganese ADMIRAL KEPPEL FOR EVER beneath a blue line border and brick-red line rim issuing flowers, circa 1780 (rim chips) -- 22.5cm. diam.
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p. 147, pl. 10.22. for a similar plate; also see Surgeon Captain P. D. Gordon Pugh, Naval Ceramics (1971), pl. 25B. for an inscribed punch bowl.

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