Live Auction 17810Important American Furniture, Folk Art and Silver
A LONDON DELFT POLYCHROME ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER
Lot 287

A LONDON DELFT POLYCHROME ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER

SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORFOLK HOUSE

Closed24 January 2020

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A LONDON DELFT POLYCHROME ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER
SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY NORFOLK HOUSE
Painted in blue, green and yellow with a portrait of a King, either George I or George II, crowned, holding an orb and sceptre, standing between the initials GR and sponged trees, within a blue-dash border
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) diameter

With D. M. and P. Manheim, New York.

Specialist note


Stylistically this charger dates to the late 1720s or 1730s; although the initials would suggest the subject is George I it is also possible that the portrait represents George II.