Sale 1793
New York
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23 January 2007
Price realised
USD 4,800
Estimate
A LARGE MEISSEN STYLE CRESTED PLATTER CIRCA 1770 A large waterbird scene in colored enamels in the center, the curving rim decorated with a vine-entwined gilt trellis 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide
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Thus unidentified, this service was, in Howard's opinion, likely made for a friend of the wealthy West India trader Moses Benson of Lutwyche Hall, Shropshire, who ordered the only other service known in this pattern. Op. cit. (vol. II), p. 222.
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