Lot Essay
See Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 161, fig. 10.48 for a dish painted with a battle scene within a similar border.
CIRCA 1740, BRISTOL OR LIVERPOOL
Details
AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DISH
CIRCA 1740, BRISTOL OR LIVERPOOL
Painted with Admiral Vernon's ships in a fortified estuary representing the Taking of Porto Bello, Panama in 1739, within a border of pendant vine foliage
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1740, BRISTOL OR LIVERPOOL
Painted with Admiral Vernon's ships in a fortified estuary representing the Taking of Porto Bello, Panama in 1739, within a border of pendant vine foliage
14 in. (35.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
B.F. Edwards Collection, no. 3503.
Captains and Kilns: European Ceramics, Porcelain & Maritime, Christie's New York, 20-21 January 2004, lot 529.
Captains and Kilns: European Ceramics, Porcelain & Maritime, Christie's New York, 20-21 January 2004, lot 529.
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