Lot
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Lot 14
A late 18th Century Staffordshire Prattware pottery Royal co...
Hammer
£440
A late 18th Century Staffordshire Prattware pottery Royal commemorative tea canister, circa 1761, of shouldered form, the opposing faces with relief moulded front facing portraits of King George III and Queen Charlotte in tonal red, blue, yellow and green, in vertical brick red banded field, height 11.5cm.
Queen Charlotte, born Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on May 19, 1744, was the youngest daughter of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. At 17, she was chosen to be the wife of King George III, whom she married on September 8, 1761, just hours after her arrival in England. Their coronation followed on September 22, 1761, at Westminster Abbey
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Hairline crack to collar some areas of glaze loss.
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