CIRCA 1662-85, DUTCH OR ENGLISH

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A DELFT BLUE AND WHITE ROYAL DOUBLE PORTRAIT CHARGER
CIRCA 1662-85, DUTCH OR ENGLISH
Painted with portraits of Charles II and Katherine of Braganza among the initial Q and CR within a cartouche surrounded by banners and military trophies within a border of grotteschi
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Excavated in Northern Holland.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 1988, lot 277.
Edwin van Drecht Collection.

Literature

D15. The Longridge Catalogue

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Lot Essay

See Michael Archer, Delftware, the Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, London, 1997, p. 115, no. B.1. for a similar dish previously in the collection of Horrace Walpole, recorded in the China Room at Strawberry Hill, now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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