PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED NEW YORK COLLECTION (LOTS 119-164)

ELEVEN WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT & BARR) CRESTED FAUX-MARBLE DINNER PLATES AND SIX DESSERT PLATES

1804-1813, BROWN PRINTED MARK WITH ROYAL CROWN AND PRINCE OF WALES FEATHERS, THE NAME FLIGHT & BARR AS PART OF THE LONDON HOUSE ADDRESS TO EACH PLATE

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ELEVEN WORCESTER (BARR, FLIGHT & BARR) CRESTED FAUX-MARBLE DINNER PLATES AND SIX DESSERT PLATES
1804-1813, brown printed mark with royal crown and Prince of Wales feathers, the name Flight & Barr as part of the London House address to each plate
Each center en grisaille with the crest of Vaughan of Courtfield, Herefordshire: a child's head, couped at the shoulders ppr., crined or, and entwined round the neck with a snake vert, reserved within a gilt medallion on the faux grey-marble ground, the rim gilt with Greek Key pattern between gilt bands
9 3/8 in. (23.7 cm.) diam., the dinner plates; 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) diam., the dessert plates (17)

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to William Vaughan (b. 1781) of Courtfield, Herefordshire.

Lot Essay

The crest is that of the Vaughans of Courtfield, one of the preeminent Catholic families of Britain whose land holdings were on the border between Wales and Herefordshire and whose line can be traced back to the 14th century. The present plates are from a service likely made for William Michael Thomas John Vaughan, sixth of Courtfield.

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