Lot 96
18TH CENTURY
Both with a colourful and distinctive border incorporating the Honywood crest at the top. To the centre of each plate are the arms of Honywood impaling Courtney, celebrating the marriage between Francis Courtney and Sir John Honywood on December 13th, 1779. The plate impressed Wedgwood to reverse with letter B, the bowl bearing no marks.
The John Scarce Collection
24.8cm & 16.6cm diameter
EXHIBITIONS:
The larger plate was exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in their exhibition, ''Three Centuries of Wedgwood: Art, Industry and Design", curated by Margaret Legge in 1995.
Estimate $400 - $600
The small bowl: minor scratches and wear to decoration overall
The plate: two small chips to rim. star crack to centre of plate.
Approximately 526 gms total weight of two plates.
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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.
The larger plate was exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria in their exhibition, ''Three Centuries of Wedgwood: Art, Industry and Design", curated by Margaret Legge in 1995.
Decorative Arts
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8361
6:30pm - 22 June 2020
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Wednesday 17 June, 9-8pm (limited numbers in room)
Thursday 18 June, strictly by appointment
Friday 19 June, strictly by appointment
Saturday 20 June, 10am-4pm (limited numbers in room)
Sunday 21 June, strictly by appointment
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au
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