
Fergus Gambon
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Sold for £6,937.50 inc. premium
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Head of Sale
Provenance
Bonhams sale, 1 December 2010, lot 80
Sir David John KCMG
The source of the subject is William Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Vol.8/267, 1 June 1794, where it is titled 'Pyrus Spectzbilis, Chinese Apple Tree'. This dish is from an important Nantgarw botanical desert service locally painted by Pardoe with named specimens. A pair of dishes from the service was in the Sir Leslie Joseph Collection and a plate is illustrated by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain (1948), Illustration 10B. The service must be one of Pardoe's most significant achievements whilst working at Nantgarw.