A pair of Coalport dessert or cabinet plates, circa 1891-1919
painted by J.H Plant with named views of Dartmouth Castle and Ross Castle within broad cobalt and raised gilt borders, artist signed, printed factory mark, numbered X2169, 22.5cm diameter (2)

Provenance: Ivor Southorn Collection.

Condition Report

Crazing to both plates. Dartmouth Castle with some scratches to the clouds and one to the shrubbery below the castle. Ross Castle with a scratch to the very left-hand side of the panel. No damages or repairs.

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