A PAIR OF LIVERPOOL DELFT WALL-POCKETS

CIRCA 1750

Details

A PAIR OF LIVERPOOL DELFT WALL-POCKETS
Circa 1750
Of opposing spiral-moulded cornucopia form, each moulded with a bird painted perched among flowering branches below the rocaille shaped and decorated rim
7in. (18.4cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

See F.H. Garner, English Delftware, London, 1948, pl. 86B; Michael Archer, Delftware, The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1997, nos. I.24 & I.25; The Jean And Kenneth Chorley Collection, Christie's New York, 25 January 1993, lot 41; and The Thomas Mellon Evans Collection, Christie's New York, 18 June 1998, lot 221 for blue and white and other coloured examples.