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Lot 74
  • 74

A collection of eleven Derby dessert plates circa 1815

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • crowned crossed batons and D marks and various numerals in red

  • 22cm., 8½in.
each painted in the centre with a hunting subject within a circular gilt frame, all reserved on variously patterned gilt grounds

Provenance

The Collection of Anthony N.B. Garvan, sold Christie's New York, 5th June, 1993, lots 144 and 145 (twelve plates).
Sold Sotheby's New York, 20th October, 2003, lot 44

 

 

Catalogue Note

The scenes were probably taken from the seventy colour plates in The British Sportsman, engraved by William Samuel Howitt ( 1765-1822), which was published in 1812.