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THE MILLER COLLECTION

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                                                                       THREE DUTCH MARKET DISHES
                                                                       SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY

                                                                       A portrait plate enameled in Holland a Governor Duff saucer dish,
                                                                       and a Pronk ‘Dame au Parasol’ plate in the Imari palette

                                                                       9º in (23 cm.) diameter (The ‘Dame au Parasol’ plate)              (3)

                                                                       $4,000-6,000

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                                                                       A SEPIA AND GRISAILLE ARMORIAL PLATE
                                                                       CIRCA 1785
                                                                       Unusually decorated with playful putti after a Bartolozzi engraving, a
                                                                       marten crest on the petal-scalloped rim, possibly for a Martin family

                                                                       9¬ in. (24.5 cm.) diameter

                                                                       $3,000-5,000

                                                                       PROVENANCE:

                                                                       Acquired from P. Suval, Inc., Virginia, in 1991.

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A RETICULATED ARMORIAL PLATE
CIRCA 1775
A fgure allegorical of Hope seated leans on a shield with the arms of
Ker with Martin in pretence
9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE:

Christie’s, New York, January 1997, lot 195.

From an unusual service whose borders are decorated with
cartouches allegorical of the four quarters of the globe, America
shown as an American Indian with bison or bear and tobacco
plants. See D.S. Howard, op. cit, p. 694

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