A BRISLINGTON DELFT ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER

1685-1688

Details

A BRISLINGTON DELFT ROYAL PORTRAIT CHARGER
1685-1688
Painted in shades of blue and yellow and outlined in manganese with a half-length crowned portrait of James II, flanked by the inscription J/R², within concentric manganese bands and a border of stylized flowers, the underside with buff-colored slip and lead glaze, the footrim pierced
13 in. (33 cm.) diameter

Provenance

With Jonathan Horne, London, June 1989.

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D18.

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Lot Essay

For a similar dish, see Louis L. Lipski; Sotheby's, 10 March 1983, lot 43; and offered again in an anonymous sale; Sotheby's 24 February 1987, lot 15. For a similar dish in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, see Michael Archer, Delftware, The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, London, 1997, p. 115, cl. pl. 5, A.7.

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