LOT 241 A fine pair of Liverpool enamel plaques, circa 1758-60
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A fine pair of Liverpool enamel plaques, circa 1758-60A fine pair of Liverpool enamel plaques, circa 1758-60By John Sadler, of upright oval form, printed in black with half-length portraits of 'Frederick III. King of Prussia, Done from an Original painted at Berlin in 1756' and 'The Right Honble Wm Pitt Esq, One of his Majesty's principal Secretaries of State and One of His most Honble Privy Councillors', both signed 'J.Sadler Liverpl Enaml', in turned wood frames with gilt slips, 15.3cm high excluding frames (2)ProvenanceBunny and Paul Davies CollectionThe portrait of the King of Prussia actually depicts Frederick II, the engraver having erroneously described him as Frederick III. A very similar plaque is illustrated by Joseph M Handley, English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels (1991), p.289. Another example of the portrait of William Pitt from the Norman Stretton Collection was sold by Phillips on 21 February 2001, lot 316.
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