BRITISH. Modern. Large Wedgwood ceramic commemorative 'Peace Plaque' or charger. Created 1919.CNG Feature Auction 117 Antiquities Estimate: $ 500 |
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BRITISH. Modern. Large Wedgwood ceramic commemorative 'Peace Plaque' or charger. Created 1919. Hand-painted in rich polychrome enamels of yellow, red, green, blue, brown, and black. Center roundel depicts a bust of Britannia to right, helmeted and laureate, wearing aegis on breast, the flag of Great Britain behind, the rim with the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter: Honi soit qui mal y pense ("shame be to him who thinks evil of it"). Fully marked verso and impressed 'WEDGWOOD', 'ETRURIA ENGLAND' together with '3KU'. Measures 37 cm (14.6”) in diameter
. Wedgwood Ceramics 1846-1959: A New Appraisal, by Maureen Batkin, p. 10.. A few minor age spots, otherwise intact as made. |