A PLATE believed to have been owned and used by TE Lawrence has sold for £1,100 at auction. The RAF mess plate, thought to belong to the man who would become known as Lawrence of Arabia, bears the insignia of the RAF, which Lawrence joined as an enlisted man after World War One under the pseudonym TE Shaw. Richard Bromell, of Charterhouse auctioneers, Sherborne, said: To find anything connected to Lawrence is incredibly rare as he led a modest life at Cloud’s Hill, his small country retreat near Wareham, Dorset. The pottery plate, measuring 24cm in diameter, bears the RAF insignia and was discovered in a Dorset cottage by Charterhouse auctioneers during a probate property clearance. It has an estimate of £500-£1,000.