AN ARMORIAL RETICULATED PLATE

CIRCA 1790

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AN ARMORIAL RETICULATED PLATE
circa 1790
Enamelled with a figure of Hope seated with an anchor in one hand and the other elbow resting on a shield of Ker with Martin in pretence
8 7/8in. (22.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

From an unusual service whose borders are decorated with cartouches allegorical of the four quarters of the globe, America being represented by an American Indian beside a bison or bear with tobacco growing before them. See D.S. Howard, op. cit, p. 694