early to mid 18th century, the center with raised brown and white decoration atop yellow ground, with pie crust rim, 2 x 13-3/4 x 13-3/4 in.

Provenance: C.T. Fowler, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (label); Peter Tillou Collection; Art Trading Limited, New York, New York, November 7, 1985 (accompanied by copy of receipt); An Important Atlanta Private Collection

Note: A similar example is pictured in English Pottery by Bernard Rackham, fig. 45. A charger bearing a gentleman in similar dress can be seen in the The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware by Leslie b. Grigsby, fig. S12, pg. 68 & 69.

According to consignor notes, "This dish should be compared with the Thomas Toft dish of a cavalier holding a wine glass in his left hand - one figure is almost a lateral reversal of the other, as would of course occur in producing a moulded copy. The cavalier on the Toft dish is a Royalist and the one on this dish is presumably an opponent of the Young Pretender."