Lot 70
A large 17th century Dutch Delft marriage plate, dated 1698
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
£725
Description
blue painted to the top with the initials F/IM and date 1698 within a scrolling cartouche with winged griffins suspending swags of flowers and tassels below a coronet and above a cherub's head
Dimensions
34.5cm diameter
Footnote
Literature:
See Michael Archer, 'Delftware - The tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles', (Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997), p.414, M9 and M10, for smaller plates with similar decoration and stilt marks on the reverse.