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A PAIR OF GRISAILLE ARMORIAL PLATTERS
CIRCA 1747-55
Finely enameled en grisaille with the arms of Vaughn impaling Hallowell over the motto IN PRUDENTIA ET SIMPLICEIAE and the inscription Samuel Vaughn, gilt chain to the inner rim
13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The arms here are taken from a bookplate and thus have the odd incorporation of Samuel Vaughn's name. The Vaughns were great advocates of American independence and friends of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington. See Fuchs and Howard, op. cit., p. 70.

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