English delftware blue dash Queen Anne charger circa 1705 London

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£9750

Dated: 1702 London England

The delftware pottery blue dash border charger shows a standing figure of Queen Anne with crown, orb, and scepter and inscribed AR and painted in blue, manganese, yellow, and a sublime turquoise. The dish is attributed to the Norfolk House delftworks located in London. The reverse of the charger with a lead glaze over a straw colored slip. NOTES; Ref. Wikipedia; Anne (6 February 1665 ‚ 1 August 1714) was the Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly sick and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics. She was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover.

Diameter: 13.5 inches

Current Condition: Some glaze loss at the rim and a very feint hairline stabilized.

Literature: Page 13 Figure reference A15 in Delftware by Michael Archer. Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge.

£9750    $13162

Description

The delftware pottery blue dash border charger shows a standing figure of Queen Anne with crown, orb, and scepter and inscribed AR and painted in blue, manganese, yellow, and a sublime turquoise. The dish is attributed to the Norfolk House delftworks located in London. The reverse of the charger with a lead glaze over a straw colored slip.
NOTES; Ref. Wikipedia; Anne (6 February 1665 ‚ 1 August 1714) was the Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, under the Acts of Union, two of her realms, the kingdoms of England and Scotland, united as a single sovereign state known as Great Britain. Anne was plagued by ill health throughout her life, and from her thirties, she grew increasingly sick and obese. Despite seventeen pregnancies by her husband, Prince George of Denmark, she died without surviving issue and was the last monarch of the House of Stuart. Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded all Catholics. She was succeeded by her second cousin George I of the House of Hanover.