Live Auction 7561Simon Sainsbury The Creation of an English Arcadia
AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME OCTAGONAL ROYAL PORTRAIT PLATE
Lot 75

AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME OCTAGONAL ROYAL PORTRAIT PLATE

CIRCA 1660-80, LONDON OR BRISLINGTON

Closed18 June 2008

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GBP 20,000

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AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME OCTAGONAL ROYAL PORTRAIT PLATE
CIRCA 1660-80, LONDON OR BRISLINGTON
The centre with a half-length portrait of Charles II in blue with manganese hair, ochre crown and medallion and ochre sleeves to his robes, flanked by the initials CR within a double-line circular cartouche, two cracks to rim at 4 and 5 o'clock, flaking to rim on front and underside
8 in. (20.4 cm.) wide

Acquired from Alistair Sampson Antiques, 11 April 2003.

Specialist note

The only other recorded plate with a portrait of Charles II is illustrated in Anthony Ray, English Delftware in the Robert Hall Warren Collection (London, 1968), p.118, p. 18, pl. 6. It was formerly in the Harland Collection, sold Sotheby's London, 11th February 1931, lot 63.