A PAIR OF 'PALACEWARE' PLATES

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A PAIR OF 'PALACEWARE' PLATES
CIRCA 1800

Each finely enamelled with a central scene encircled by sepia and gilt-ground borders of small grisaille-edged cartouches, one showing a lady dancing beside a crouching old man with a pinwheel, the other with two courtiers watching a lady shape pastry dough beside a stream (slight rubbing)--9¾in. (24.7cm.) diam. (2)