Lot 134 , A pair of Victorian pottery plaques, by the Hon. Mrs F Walpole, shown at the Howell and James Art Pottery Exhibition 1876, in rosewood

A pair of Victorian pottery plaques, by the Hon. Mrs F Walpole, shown at the Howell and James Art Pottery Exhibition 1876, painted in brown enamels with the portraits of Henry VII and 'Bullen Queen of Henry VII' in oval reserves with putti below, 36cm x 21cm, together with a portrait plaque of Geoffrey Chaucer by the same hand, 14cm x 11cm in rosewood frames (3)
Estimate £200-300

The tile panel of Bullen Queen of Henry VII has some very slight glaze chips to the edge of the join and the panel in the centre, and all of the tile panels have some crazing to the glaze, we cannot inspect the edges of the tiles as they are contained within rosewood frames, the frames have a pine board to the back of them, the Henry VII tile has a split to the pine board at the back, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £440