£1,650
London delft, a royal commemorative bowl, circa 1714-27, painted in brick red, green and blue with a portrait of George I flanked by letters 'G' 'R' within a piecrust decorative rim, diameter 22cm.
George I was the first monarch of the Hanoverian dynasty, grandson of the ‘Winter Queen’ Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James VI and I. He inherited the British throne on the death of his second cousin Queen Anne. In 1682 he had married his cousin, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Brunswick-Lüneburg (but divorced 1694) their son succeeded as George II.
Cracked and repaired, some glaze loss to rim.
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