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AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE PLAQUE OF SIR THOMAS MORE AND A PRATT WARE PLAQUE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
Lot 395

AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE PLAQUE OF SIR THOMAS MORE AND A PRATT WARE PLAQUE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD

CIRCA 1800, THE FIRST STAFFORDSHIRE OR YORKSHIRE

Closed25 February 2014

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AN ENGLISH PEARLWARE PLAQUE OF SIR THOMAS MORE AND A PRATT WARE PLAQUE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
CIRCA 1800, THE FIRST STAFFORDSHIRE OR YORKSHIRE
The first modelled in relief with a bust-length portrait of the Tudor statesman in profile to dexter, within a narrow guilloche band, the second with a portrait of the potter in profile to sinister, each within a shaped scroll frame capped with leaves, pierced for suspension
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high max.

The pearlware plaque:
The John Heap Collection, sold at Bonhams, London, 8 September 2004, lot 112
The Sampson and Horne Collection: Defining the British Vernacular, sale at Bonhams, London, 28 April 2010, lot 621.