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For a mug dated 1748 painted with a similar coat-of-arms at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.A., see Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, p. 831, no. 830
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF LONDON DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE PLATES
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A PAIR OF LONDON DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE PLATES
1728
The centres painted with a simulated Sailors' Company's coat-of-arms showing a sailing ship on a shield-shaped cartouche beneath a helmet surmounted by the crest of a fish and with pendant scrolling foliage, surrounded by the initials C/T/M and with the date 1728 below, one inscribed GOD*PRESERVE*THE*FISHERY*, the other inscribed GOD.PRESERUE(sic).THE:FISHERY*, on ribbon cartouches above, the borders with stylised flowers alternating with hatched ornament (slight chips and glaze flaking to rims)
8 5/8in. (22cm.) diam. (2)
1728
The centres painted with a simulated Sailors' Company's coat-of-arms showing a sailing ship on a shield-shaped cartouche beneath a helmet surmounted by the crest of a fish and with pendant scrolling foliage, surrounded by the initials C/T/M and with the date 1728 below, one inscribed GOD*PRESERVE*THE*FISHERY*, the other inscribed GOD.PRESERUE(sic).THE:FISHERY*, on ribbon cartouches above, the borders with stylised flowers alternating with hatched ornament (slight chips and glaze flaking to rims)
8 5/8in. (22cm.) diam. (2)