Lot Essay
See: David S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p.88
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CIRCA 1745
Details
A pair of famille rose 'European Subject' plates
CIRCA 1745
Enamelled and gilt with a central scene after a European original of a troubadour playing his lute opposite an amorous couple playing the triangle and castanets, besides two barrels with a decanter and wine glasses, within a gilt spearhead band at the well, the rim encircled by a blue, green, yellow and red Louis XV-style foliate scroll border, chips, glaze frits
22.8 cm. diam (2)
CIRCA 1745
Enamelled and gilt with a central scene after a European original of a troubadour playing his lute opposite an amorous couple playing the triangle and castanets, besides two barrels with a decanter and wine glasses, within a gilt spearhead band at the well, the rim encircled by a blue, green, yellow and red Louis XV-style foliate scroll border, chips, glaze frits
22.8 cm. diam (2)
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