English delftware charger with King William standing in armour 17th century London

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£5750

Dated: 1690 London England

A delftware pottery charger decorated with King William standing wearing a crown and flourishing a sword in his right hand, his left hand resting on his hip. He stands flanked between trees that have green-turquoise foliage, there are are two manganese circumference lines within the rim and the initials WR. The charger is strikingly impressive and was made around the time of Williams's coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1689.

Current Condition: Feint hairline at the rim restored.

Provenance: Collection of Sir William Sutcliffe-Smith (1864 -1938) and then by family descent

Literature: Page 64 figure reference 3.48 in English Delftware in the Bristol Collection by Frank Britton published in 1982

£5750    $7762

Description

A delftware pottery charger decorated with King William standing wearing a crown and flourishing a sword in his right hand, his left hand resting on his hip. He stands flanked between trees that have green-turquoise foliage, there are are two manganese circumference lines within the rim and the initials WR. The charger is strikingly impressive and was made around the time of Williams’s coronation at Westminster Abbey in 1689.