AN ENGLISH DELFT EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER OF GEORGE II

CIRCA 1727-1735, BRISTOL OR PERHAPS BRISLINGTON

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AN ENGLISH DELFT EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER OF GEORGE II
CIRCA 1727-1735, BRISTOL OR PERHAPS BRISLINGTON
Painted with the Sovereign in riding gear astride a rearing horse flanked by sponged trees and the inscription K/ye2 G, within a blue and yellow line rim, on a circular foot
12¾ in. (32.4 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Longridge Collection, no. D52.
With Mark and Marjorie Allen, New Hampshire.

Literature

Leslie Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, vol. II, London, 2000, p. 83.

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Lot Essay

At the time of cataloguing, no other example of this design format, an equestrian charger of George II, is extant. It is similarly noted as unique in the literature. For comparative literature on an inscribed portrait charger of George II see Leslie Grigsby, ibid, p. 80-81.

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