TWELVE DELFTWARE BIBLICAL TILES
TWELVE DELFTWARE BIBLICAL TILES

SIX LONDON, 1720-1760; SIX DUTCH OF WHICH TWO AMSTERDAM, 1750-1780

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TWELVE DELFTWARE BIBLICAL TILES
SIX LONDON, 1720-1760; SIX DUTCH OF WHICH TWO AMSTERDAM, 1750-1780
Comprising six London blue and white tiles depicting Old Testament scenes within medallions, scrolls at each corner; four Dutch blue and white tiles also with Old Testament scenes, ox head corners; and two Amsterdam manganese-decorated Old Testament tiles, carnations at each corner; together with a blue and white tile picture of ships in full sail comprised of nine modern tiles set into plaster
5 1/8 in. (13.2 cm.) square, each (13)
Provenance
The Vivian Hawes Collection (the two Amsterdam tiles and two of the Dutch tiles painted with The Expulsion)

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