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Queen Victoria Garter Royal Cypher Porcelain Minton Dinner Plate Windsor Castle

£550.00
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Queen Victoria Garter Royal Cypher Porcelain Minton Dinner Plate Windsor Castle

£550.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.


Fine antique porcelain plate by Minton for T. Goode & Co retailer's mark circa 1870 made for Queen Victoria's use at Windsor Castle, beautifully painted with Queen Victoria's intertwined VR cypher surmounted by a crown enclosed by the crowned blue Garter and the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y sense' 'Shame on him who thinks evil of it' -around the border are historic royal badges: a fleur-de-lys, Tudor rose, portcullis, white rose en soleil surrounded by sun rays (this is a Yorkist royal badge particularly associated with King Edward IV) and a crowned lion standing upon a crown, separated by delicate moulded foliage - no chips or cracks

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Size: 24.5 cm diameter approx








Royal: Victoria (1837-1901)

To Commemorate: Food & Drink

Type: Plate

Royalty: UK Royalty

Manufacturer: Minton

Theme: Royalty

Features: Antique

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Vintage: Yes

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