A DAVID WILSON (& SONS) CIRCULAR PLATE with a lustrous dark-brown ground, the centre gilt with two young men wearing tunics, standing on a ledge brandishing swords, one blowing a horn flanked by trophies within a gilt key-pattern border (small rim chip), 1805-15 | Christie's

Sale 5355

English Furniture Collection

London

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16 March 1995

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Lot 381

A DAVID WILSON (& SONS) CIRCULAR PLATE with a lustrous dark-brown ground, the centre gilt with two young men wearing tunics, standing on a ledge brandishing swords, one blowing a horn flanked by trophies within a gilt key-pattern border (small rim chip), 1805-15

Price realised

GBP 253

Estimate

GBP 200 - GBP 300

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A DAVID WILSON (& SONS) CIRCULAR PLATE with a lustrous dark-brown ground, the centre gilt with two young men wearing tunics, standing on a ledge brandishing swords, one blowing a horn flanked by trophies within a gilt key-pattern border (small rim chip), 1805-15
9½in. (24cm.) diam.
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Lot Essay

Cf. Geoffrey A. Godden, An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain, London, 1966, pl. 626 for examples of dessert-wares with similar decoration
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