Details
TWO ENGLISH DELFT OCTAGONAL 'MERRYMAN' PLATES
LATE 17TH CENTURY, NO.'S 5 AND 6
Each with line from a verse within elaborate scrolling foliage, half- griffins suspending tassels centering a mask and a crown (one cracked, rim chips, glaze losses; the other broken and restored, some overpainting, rim chips and glaze losses)--7¾in. diam. (2)
LATE 17TH CENTURY, NO.'S 5 AND 6
Each with line from a verse within elaborate scrolling foliage, half- griffins suspending tassels centering a mask and a crown (one cracked, rim chips, glaze losses; the other broken and restored, some overpainting, rim chips and glaze losses)--7¾in. diam. (2)
Provenance
Louis Lipski sale, Sotheby & Co., London, March 10, 1981, Part I, Lot 60