A GROUP OF SCOTTISH COMMEMORATIVE POTTERY
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day 1: Wednesday 20 August - Lots 1 - 296
Description
comprising a rectangular plaque moulded with a portrait bust of Queen Caroline in profile and the letters ‘Q’ ‘C’, within a moulded pink lustre frame, suspension holes to the top, unmarked; an East Coast commemorative plate for Queen Caroline, moulded to the centre with a profile portrait bust of Caroline picked out in coloured enamels, above a scrolled banner impressed ‘Queen Caroline’, the rim moulded with fleur de lys, crowns, roses and thistles; and an East Coast commemorative plate for George IV, with polychrome decoration, moulded to the centre with a portrait profile bust above a green banner impressed ‘King George IV’, the rim with moulded decoration in the form of crowns, swords, a garter star and fleur de lys (3)
Dimensions
plaque 14cm high, 12cm wide, plates 16.5cm diameter
Provenance
Queen Caroline plate with a paper sticker for the Murray Collection and a paper sticker for the A. L. & S. J. Mainstone Collection