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Summary
: Na625
: Applied Art
: plate
: A plate with a moulded rim: 8 shells alternating with raised oval bosses. Painted in blue, yellow and manganese-purple on a white glaze. In centre, within an octagonal border comprising a thick band between two lines, a male head-and-shoulders portrait wearing a crown over his shoulder-length curled hair painted in manganese; he wears a plain high collar. Identified as James II by the initials 'I R'(manganese) either side of head'.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Gallery 1
: City of Bristol Collection
: Bristol, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe: Brislington
: 1685
: King James II: [Book] Country Life Magazine.: Purchased, 1983, with support from the Victoria & Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of Bristol Art Gallery.