Lot Essay
For the design sources, see Robert Sayer, The Ladies Amusement, pls. 109, 111, 112. Another from the set is illustrated by Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles p. 51, no. 262.
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CIRCA 1760-1775
Details
SIX LIVERPOOL DELFT TILES
CIRCA 1760-1775
Four painted in manganese, one with an elephant, another with dogs before a kennel, another with two beavers and the fourth with two rams in landscape vignette, within shaped yellow scale-pattern borders with blue flower-heads to each corner within a modern wooden frame, and two tiles, one painted with an owl and the other with a rearing horse in a landscape vignette, within modern ebonised wooden frames
4¾ in. (12 cm.) square, each (6)
CIRCA 1760-1775
Four painted in manganese, one with an elephant, another with dogs before a kennel, another with two beavers and the fourth with two rams in landscape vignette, within shaped yellow scale-pattern borders with blue flower-heads to each corner within a modern wooden frame, and two tiles, one painted with an owl and the other with a rearing horse in a landscape vignette, within modern ebonised wooden frames
4¾ in. (12 cm.) square, each (6)
Provenance
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Christie's, London, 29-30 May 1990, lot 49 (two tiles).
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 26 May 1993, lot 186 (four tiles).
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 26 May 1993, lot 186 (four tiles).
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D431, D432, and D433.
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