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THE MILLER COLLECTION

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                                                                TWO MARINE SUBJECT PUNCHBOWLS
                                                                SECOND HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY

                                                                The frst with English vessels in fair and foul weather, another English
                                                                ship inside, the second decorated with the ‘Sailor’s Farewell’ and ‘The
                                                                Sailor’s Return’

                                                                10Ω in. (26.7 cm.) diameter (the frst)                             (2)

                                                                $5,000-7,000

                                                                PROVENANCE:

                                                                Purchased from the Craft Center, Baltimore, in 1955 (‘Fair & Foul
                                                                Weather’ bowl).
                                                                Acquired from Elinor Gordon, Pennsylvania. (‘Sailor’s Farewell’
                                                                bowl).

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TWO FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN
SUBJECT PIECES
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
A punch bowl enameled with ‘The
Judgment of Paris’, the interior with
swimming fsh, and a ‘Cherry-Pickers’ plate
10º in. (27.3 cm.) diameter, the bowl (2)

$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

Acquired from P. Suval, Inc., Virginia, in
1985 (the plate).

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                                                                TWO FAMILLE ROSE EUROPEAN SUBJECT PLATES
                                                                MID-18TH CENTURY

                                                                The frst a bucolic scene with a hunter and his love
                                                                reclining, the second with three farm women at harvest,
                                                                both with gilt scroll-and-shell borders

                                                                8 √ and 9 ¿ in. (22.5 and 23 cm.) diameter                         (2)

                                                                $3,000-5,000

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