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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER
Lot 125 SYD LEVETHAN: THE LONGRIDGE COLLECTION

AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER

CIRCA 1690, PROBABLY LONDON

Closed22 January 2021

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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE-DASH EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT CHARGER
CIRCA 1690, PROBABLY LONDON
Painted with a gentleman in armor, holding a baton or sword and wearing a broad-brimmed hat, on a rearing mount, flanked by shrubs, within a yellow band with blue dash-ornament, the reverse with a turquoise glaze
12 7/8 in. (32.9 cm.) diameter

John Philip Kassebaum; Sotheby's, London, 1 October 1991, lot 46.

Specialist note


The subject of this equestrian charger remains unattributed. Though the source may well be similar to royalist subjects often inspired by T. Van Merlen's engraving of William III, the general appearance of the present subject is that of a Parliamentarian in the the Civil War.