Lot 90
  • 90

An English delftware blue and white electioneering plate, mid-18th century

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

  • pottery - delftware
  • 19.9cm., 7 7/8 in. diam.
inscribed 'Sr. John Pole/ for ever', above a flourish, within a flowerhead cartouche issuing leaves,

Provenance

The Birkett collects ion.

Condition

Restored breaks at 10 o'clock and 7 o'clock which meet at the centre of the plate with an associated haircrack at this point extending towards the rim, approx. 4in.length. Some typical rim chips.
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Catalogue Note

Sir John Pole was a candidate in the 1754 by-election for the constituency of Taunton, Somerset. For dated plates inscribed with his name see Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 130, nos. 577-577c.