Plate

Bristol, England, or Plymouth Porcelain Works

1780

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Salad spoon with handle of dark blue jasper with white relief decoration in a pattern of acanthus leaves with small, decorative medallions at the shank end, the stem and bowl of silver plate.
Cast-iron ring, the plain band with split shoulder, the face with an oval portrait medallion with the bust of Friedrich Augusts I, King of Saxony (1750-1827; king from 1806) in profile right.
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