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A collection of five Wedgwood creamware armorial dishes, 18th…
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Melbourne
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12-Mar-2020
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A collection of five Wedgwood creamware armorial dishes, 18th century, the first being a soup bowl with blue gilt borders, painted centrally with the arms, crest and motto ('Nosce Teipsum') for Samuel Ecton of Northampton impaling those of this wife, Barbara Percy. Samuel and Barbara were married on October 20th 1795, and shortly afterwards they ordered the armorial service. Impressed Wedgwood to reverse, circa 1795-1796. The second, a plate, the centre painted with the arms of William Bennet, Bishop of cork and Ross, above the motto 'Bene et Constanter', within a purple and gold formal border. Impressed 'Wedgwood' to reverse. The third, a soup bowl bearing an armorial to the centre with the motto 'non sibi sed patriae natus'. The arms are for Sir Richard Paul Jodrell ( Bart.) impaling King. Circa 1818. Ordered on 24th April 1818 from Wedgwood. Impressed Wedgwood to reverse. Lastly a pair of plates, both impressed Wedgwood to reverse. The largest 25 cm diameter. Provenance: The John Scarce Collection of Porcelain
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Ceramics: Wedgwood