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Lot 319

A rare Nantgarw armorial plate, circa 1818-20

20 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £1,912.50 inc. premium

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A rare Nantgarw armorial plate, circa 1818-20

The centre painted in London with the crest of an eagle and the motto 'MIGRO ET RESPICIO', the border with garden birds perched upon branches hung with flowers, alternating with green vases containing similar flowers and connected with bold gilt scrollwork, a plain gilt line around the uneven lobed rim, 24cm diam, impressed NANT-GARW CW

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Provenance
Sir David John KCMG

The motto and crest is that of the Ramsay family of Straloch House and Barra and is more usually found on a service more simply decorated with gilded borders. A plate from that service is illustrated by W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain (1948), p.115, Illustration 34B, and another was exhibited at the Coming Home exhibition, Nantgarw China Works (2019), p.35 in the catalogue. The present lot is much more richly decorated and may have been produced as a specimen for a service that was never ordered.

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