Early Bow blooms as plates make £6800
“SOME types of Bow have revived in popularity and botanical subjects are very popular,” said specialist Deborah Clarke, after a set of four octagonal plates, two shown right, were consigned by a Scottish collector to Bonhams (17.5 per cent buyer’s premium) sale of ceramics and glass in Edinburgh on June 28.
The estimate of £800-1200 reflected the damage to the rims of the plates. “These were not chips. The…