A rare Bow porcelain botanical plate, painted with butterflies insects and flowers, English circa 1760, 7.68 in. diamater. Exhibited A Treasury of Bow. Melbourne, Ballarat and Hamilton The Australian Ceramics and Glass Circle 2000. Provenance: Havelock House Antiques, Goolwa, South Australia 1980
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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