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Sat, Mar 26, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 870

A Rare English Delftware Royal Portrait Bowl

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

attributed to London, possibly Vauxhall, circa 1690, deep bowl with everted rim, the interior painted in blue and ochre, a half length royal portrait of King William III in coronation robes, with initials "WR", all within blue concentric circles, zig zag decoration along the rim, foot rim with pierced hole, 3-1/4 x 8-5/8 in.

Provenance: Gary Atkins, London, purchased June 7, 1996 for œ9,810; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Condition

2-1/2 in. section of rim restoration, one consolidated rim hairline, faint hairline at foot ring (traversing aperture) and two short hairlines at rim, other faint glaze hairlines, glaze flakes, some scratches