Lot Essay
Peter Francis attributes this flask to Belfast due to the similarity of moulded and painted bands found on shards at the Belfast potthouse.
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CIRCA 1720, THE FLASK POSSIBLY BELFAST
Details
A BRITISH ISLES DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE BARREL-SHAPED FLASK AND A STOPPER
CIRCA 1720, THE FLASK POSSIBLY BELFAST
Moulded with ribs and painted with Key-pattern, trellis and scroll pattern bands within concentric lines, the circular stopper painted with flowers
About 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high overall (2)
CIRCA 1720, THE FLASK POSSIBLY BELFAST
Moulded with ribs and painted with Key-pattern, trellis and scroll pattern bands within concentric lines, the circular stopper painted with flowers
About 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high overall (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 13 June 2000, lot 167.
With Jonathan Horne, London.
With Jonathan Horne, London.
Literature
Peter Francis, Irish Delftware an Illustrated History, London, 2000, pp. 30-31, fig. 40 (for the flask).
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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