Sale 7586
London
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22 May 2008
Price realised
GBP 2,750
Estimate
TWO ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CHARGERS CIRCA 1720, POSSIBLY BRISTOL Each moulded with a border of raised ovolos, painted stiff-leaf rim, enclosing a ground of scattered flowers 16 in. (40.6 cm.) diam. (2)
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Probably originally supplied to the Hobhouse family, Queen's Square, Bristol; thence by family descent at Hadspen.
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