CIRCA 1815-1819, IRON-RED PRINTED CROWN AND SCRIPT MARK

Details

A CHAMBERLAIN'S WORCESTER ARMORIAL COBALT BLUE-GROUND DESSERT PLATE
CIRCA 1815-1819, IRON-RED PRINTED CROWN AND SCRIPT MARK
The center with ram's head and crown crest for Sir James Yeo and the motto TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO ICH DIEN, the border painted in the 'Rich Kakiemon' style in the 'Dejeuney' pattern with flowers reserved within trellis cartouches on the cobalt-blue ground richly gilt with sprigs between bands of interlaced scallops and pendant flower-heads
8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diameter

Exhibited

Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta Historical Society, 1977-1985.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

Lot Essay

Other pieces of this dessert service, ordered for Sir James Yeo in 1815, are illustrated by Geoffrey A. Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain 1788-1852, London, 1982, p. 116, pl. 135 and color pl. XI. The service cost 42 guineas, plus the cost of painting of crests, mottos and orders.

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