£1375
Dated: 1690 to 1700 Probably Netherlands or possibly England
Tin-glaze blue-painted buckle-formed dish painted in blue with a bawdy female portrait. It is possible the portrait represents Nell Gwynn (1650-16870), the actress and famously the mistress of King Charles 11. She was known to wear a hat on her stage performance the circumference of a cartwheel. She wittily and deprecatingly commented when angrily challenged that she was " The protestant whore and not to be mistaken for another but unpopular mistress of the King".
Diameter: 8.25 inches
Current Condition: Minor chip restored at the rim
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Tin-glaze blue-painted buckle-formed dish painted in blue with a bawdy female portrait.
It is possible the portrait represents Nell Gwynn (1650-16870), the actress and famously the mistress of King Charles 11.
She was known to wear a hat on her stage performance the circumference of a cartwheel. She wittily and deprecatingly commented when angrily challenged that she was ” The protestant whore and not to be mistaken for another but unpopular mistress of the King”.
