"Lion Dish" - Michelle Erickson

Item Number: 137
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $150
Online Close: Apr 3, 2009 11:59 PM EDT
Bid History: 0 bids - Item Sold!


Description
8" circ. Reproduction of a c. 1720 delftware dish made in Bristol, England, and in the collections of The Chipstone Foundation. The lion with a human face is thought to represent King William, based on a 1641 engraving by Wenceslas Hollar that commemorates the marriage of Wiliam & Mary and depicts two lions with faces holding an orange. A similar dishwas excavated in Colonial Williamsburg at the Coke-Garret House.
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