Consigned from a local private home, one had a stapled repair but the design was both unusual and charming, and enough to see the plates take £7600 from a London specialist against an estimate of £3000-5000.
Meanwhile, more traditional values also grow
WHILE Troika ceramics made up the first 150 lots at Burstow & Hewett’s (10% buyer's premium) March 17 sale, there was also more traditional fare on offer, such as this 9in (22cm) diameter pair of mid-18th century English (probably London) delft plates, right, each with a painted design of a cockerel and a flower in blue, green and orange.
