Lot 70
70
TWO ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME PLATES PAINTED WITH BIRDS
TWO ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME PLATES PAINTED WITH BIRDS

CIRCA 1720-40, THE FIRST PROBABLY BRISTOL, THE SECOND BRISTOL OR LONDON

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TWO ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME PLATES PAINTED WITH BIRDS
CIRCA 1720-40, THE FIRST PROBABLY BRISTOL, THE SECOND BRISTOL OR LONDON
The first of 'Farmyard' type, painted in blue, yellow, iron-red and manganese with a cockerel flanked by sponged trees, the second painted in manganese and blue with a parrot perched in foliage within a stylised blue leaf border (the first with small rim chips, the second with minor rim wear)
The first 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.); the second 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) diam. (2)
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Lot Essay

See Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of Slipware and Delftware, Vol. 2, p. 175, pl. D148 for a plate painted in polychrome with a parrot within a border which is similar to the second example in this lot.

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