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English Delftware Charger – Flowers, Rock and Insect

700,00$Preis

English tin glazed pottery dish, c. 1760. Similarly decorated pieces have been attributed to Bristol manufacture.

 

Dimensions: Approximately 12” diameter.

 

Decoration:

The dish is decorated with a naïve cobalt blue design of large flowers, a rock, and a flying insect that could be a butterfly. It is painted in the free-hand style of decoration found in 18th century English delftware.

 

The reverse is undecorated and bears evidence of kiln spurs.

 

References:
Britton, “English Delft in the Bristol Collection”.
Lipski and Archer "Dated English Delftware".
Victoria and Albert Museum, “Delftware: The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles - a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum”.

 

Condition: Frits, fleabites, and crazing typical of antique tin-glazed earthenware. Otherwise in excellent condition consistent with age and usage. Please examine the photos; they are part of the description.

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