Blue dash chargers and other early English tin enamel circular dishes . the war and the presentlimited staff. These apparently represent Charles II.,who was born about 1630, succeeded to thethrone in 1649, but did not ascend the thronetill 1660, and died in 1685. K. R. A charger in the Glaisher Collec-tion has these initials, the date 1682 andthe bust of a queen, apparently Katharine ofBraganza, the wife of Charles II. This speci- 2men is of the same type as the J. R., as illustrated lower down. This seems to be the only charger of this ware with these initials. 2J. R. and Q. M. There are thre
Blue dash chargers and other early English tin enamel circular dishes . the war and the presentlimited staff. These apparently represent Charles II.,who was born about 1630, succeeded to thethrone in 1649, but did not ascend the thronetill 1660, and died in 1685. K. R. A charger in the Glaisher Collec-tion has these initials, the date 1682 andthe bust of a queen, apparently Katharine ofBraganza, the wife of Charles II. This speci- 2men is of the same type as the J. R., as illustrated lower down. This seems to be the only charger of this ware with these initials. 2J. R. and Q. M. There are three chargers, without dashes round the edge, on which are f)aiiited the bust of a king and 2the initials J. R., one in the Victoria and Albert Museum, one in the Preston Collection and the third in the Salt Collection, but I can hear of no piece with these initials and the blue dash edge. The accompanying ilhis- tration is of that in the Salt Collection, and is much like the others. There are also two of the same type with the bust of a woman and the initials Q. M., 64. SALT rioy Til pa((c 64 BLUE DASH CHARGERS one ill tlie Victoria and Albert Miiseuin, andthe other in the (xreg Collection in theManchester Art Gallery. These are evidentlyintended to represent James II. and hisconsort, Mary of Modena. There is alsoone of the same make in the SidebothamCollection of the bust of a woman but withoutinitials. All these chargers at first sight appear tobe of a separate manufacture, but on closeinvestigation they are found to differ less fromthose with the blue dashes. The floral borderround the edge may cause the apparent differ-ence. These specimens run about 13 to 14inches in diameter. James II., the brother of Charles II., andthe son of Charles I., ascended the throne ofEngland in 1685, was driven out in 1688,and died in 1701. W. R. and K. W. Of all those chargersof the blue dash make, with or without thedashes, which have figures of men or womenon them, those rel
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