CIRCA 1685-1705

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A LONDON DELFT BLUE-DASH POLYCHROME ROYAL EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER
CIRCA 1685-1705
Painted in blue, manganese, orange, green, ochre and yellow with a portrait of a King, crowned, wearing coronation robes and holding a sceptre, on a rearing piebald mount, between trees within a border of leaf-ornament between concentric circles, within a yellow line and blue-dash border, the reverse with a buff slip and lead glaze, the footrim pierced (cracked across and repaire in two places, filled hairline crack to rim, minor glaze chipping)
16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Louis L. Lipski; Sotheby's, London, 10 March 1981, lot 31.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Billington; Christie's, London, 27 February 1989, lot 136.
With Jonathan Horne, London.

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D11.

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Lot Essay

The graphic source for the present lot is probably an engraving by Cornelius van Dalen, included as the frontispiece of J. Nalson's 'Journal for...the Tryal of K. Charles I' published in 1684 depiciting Charles I entering Edinburgh, perhaps when he was in Scotland in 1641. The design seems to have been adapted for dishes representing Charles II, James II and William III.

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