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DATED 1930-1935, GILT WREATH MARK, RETAILER'S MARK FOR GEORGE WATTS & SON, MILWAUKEE, PATTERN NO. 1326/K.44, DESIGNED BY FRANK G. HOLMES
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FOURTEEN LENOX COBALT-BLUE AND IVORY GROUND 'LOUIS XVI' PLACE PLATES
Dated 1930-1935, gilt wreath mark, retailer's mark for George Watts & Son, Milwaukee, pattern no. 1326/K.44, designed by Frank G. Holmes
Each border richly gilt in the 'Louis XVI' pattern with 'opulent gold paste filigree' panels of urns filled with fruit centering foliate scrolls alternating with smaller cartouches of trophies on a blue ground, the footrim gilt
11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) diam. (14)
Dated 1930-1935, gilt wreath mark, retailer's mark for George Watts & Son, Milwaukee, pattern no. 1326/K.44, designed by Frank G. Holmes
Each border richly gilt in the 'Louis XVI' pattern with 'opulent gold paste filigree' panels of urns filled with fruit centering foliate scrolls alternating with smaller cartouches of trophies on a blue ground, the footrim gilt
11 3/8in. (28.9cm.) diam. (14)
Provenance
A Milwaukee brewing family, 1930-1935, ordered from the factory through George Watts & Son, Milwaukee (originally a set of fifteen plates)
By descent through the family
A convent, Chicago
With Jacquelynn's China Matching Service, Milwaukee, 1989 (one plate retained)
By descent through the family
A convent, Chicago
With Jacquelynn's China Matching Service, Milwaukee, 1989 (one plate retained)
Literature
Judith Knuth, "Plates' History Part of Their Appeal", Milwaukee Journal, 13 August 1989