Lot Essay
These plates would have been part of several services used aboard the Royal Yacht Osborne. Osborne was a wooden paddle yacht of 1,856 tons, launched in 1870 exclusively for Edward VII, when Prince of Wales.
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CIRCA 1910, PRINTED MARKS 'ROYAL YACHT' AND RETAILER'S MARKS 'MORTLOCK, 18 REGENT ST' AND 'J. WHITMAN, COWES'
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TWO COALPORT BONE CHINA 'ROYAL YACHT' TAZZA
CIRCA 1910, PRINTED MARKS 'ROYAL YACHT' AND RETAILER'S MARKS 'MORTLOCK, 18 REGENT ST' AND 'J. WHITMAN, COWES'
Each painted with a wreath framing a bird and flowers within blue ground petal shaped borders painted with bouquets, comprising: one high and one low example on pierced feet, rim chip to smallest, slight scratching
The tallest - 4 5/8 in. (12 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1910, PRINTED MARKS 'ROYAL YACHT' AND RETAILER'S MARKS 'MORTLOCK, 18 REGENT ST' AND 'J. WHITMAN, COWES'
Each painted with a wreath framing a bird and flowers within blue ground petal shaped borders painted with bouquets, comprising: one high and one low example on pierced feet, rim chip to smallest, slight scratching
The tallest - 4 5/8 in. (12 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Royal Yacht Osborne.
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