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CIRCA 1756
Details
A BOW TRANSFER-PRINTED NAPPY PLATE
CIRCA 1756
Finely printed in iron-red with 'L'Orchestre de Village' within an iron-red loop and trefoil border (some minute rim chipping and blemishes, minor scratching to central transfer, some slight staining to underside)
7 7/8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1756
Finely printed in iron-red with 'L'Orchestre de Village' within an iron-red loop and trefoil border (some minute rim chipping and blemishes, minor scratching to central transfer, some slight staining to underside)
7 7/8 in. (20.1 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Geoffrey Capell Collection, sale Sotheby's, 16th February 1965, lot 24. The Estate of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, sale Christie's, New York, 6th March 1981, lot 98.
Literature
Bernard Watney, 'The Origins of Some Ceramic Designs', E.C.C. Transactions, Vol. 9, pt. 3, pp. 274-5, pls. 179 (a & b), where the derivation of this print by Ravenet after a painting by J.B. Pater (now in the Frick Collection, New York) is discussed.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium