Sale 8377
London, South Kensington
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13 May 1999
Price realised
GBP 805
Estimate
A set of four Chinese export monogrammed plates painted en grisaille and gilt with central monograms below crowns and within cartouches of leaves tied with ribbons, all within borders of scattered flower sprays -- 9in. (23cm.) diam, 18th Century. (4)
Provenance
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Saleroom Notice
These plates were probably part of a wedding service made for George II and Carolina of Ansbach. Similar plates were salvaged from the Swedish East Indian ship that sunk outside Gothenburg in 1745.
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