AN OKEOVER PLATE

CIRCA 1743

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AN OKEOVER PLATE
CIRCA 1743
The arms of Okeover quartering (probably) Byrmingham and Leake impaling Nichol shown within lavishly enameled design, the rim with LMO initialed cartouches, ducal coronet and demi-dragon crest
9 inches (22.8 cm) diameter

Provenance

The collection of Colonel Sir Ian Walker-Okeover, Bt, DSO; Christie's, London, 3 March 1975

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Lot Essay

Probably the most famous of the great English services of the 18th century, not only for its elaborate design but also as both that design (by leading artist Arthur Devis) and the original invoice for the service, addressed to Leake Okeover Esqre and reading "...from ye Jerusalem Coffee House, Change Alley, a consignment of fifty plates and four large dishes with your arms", survive. See D Howard, op cit, vol I, p 398.

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