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• Auction House:
  Leonard Joel
• Sale Name:
  Jewels & Objets D'Art - Including the Dr George Wilcox Collection
• Sale Date:
  08 Mar 2015 ~ 1pm
• Lot #:
  88
• Lot Description:
  An Important Barr Flight And Barr Worcester Porcelain, Marbled And Shell Decorated, Set Of Four Dishes, Made For The Gordon Family, By John Barker, 18
  The set comprising two plate and two shaped dishes, each central roundel painted with various shells, seaweeds and coral within tolled gilt borders and a grey marbled ground, each roundel surmounted by the Gordon family crest, ANIMO NON ASTUTIA, painted mark referring to Coventry Street (4).
• Provenance:
  Phillips Edinburgh, November 14th 1980, the Estate of the Honourable Mrs. Jock Leith of Glenkindie Castle, Aberdeenshire.
• References:
  The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, Volume I (1751-1851) by John Sandon, page 180-181 & Colour plate 76 & page 204.
• Notes:
  John Sandon writes "A remarkable Barr, Flight & Barr dessert service was made circa 1812 for the Gordon family and was sold in Scotland in 1980 by Phillips from the estate of a descendant, the Honourable Mrs. Jock Leith of Glenkindie Castle, Aberdeenshire. The centres of each piece were painted with shells in the distinctive hand which has been attributed to John Barker. The marbled grounds were reserved with the family crest within a neoclassical gold border".
• Estimate:
  A$6,000 - 8,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Ceramics & Porcelain

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