Lot 222
222
TWO ENGLISH DELFT POWDERED-MANGANESE GROUND PLATES
TWO ENGLISH DELFT POWDERED-MANGANESE GROUND PLATES

CIRCA 1739, BLUE 6 TO ONE, BLUE CRESCENT TO THE OTHER, PROBABLY BRISTOL, POSSIBLY WINCANTON

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TWO ENGLISH DELFT POWDERED-MANGANESE GROUND PLATES
Circa 1739, blue 6 to one, blue crescent to the other, probably Bristol, possibly Wincanton
One with a coastal scene in blue with two ships sailing before a towered fortification and a man fishing at right, within an octagonal reserve, the border with four alternating hexagonal and fan-shaped reserves with floral sprigs and with Prince of Wales' feathers; the other similar, with a group of towers at left issuing a large forked pennant, slightly variant border and brown rim
8in. (22.2cm.) diam. (2)

Lot Essay

Cf. Michael Archer, Delftware the Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, London, 1997, p. 140 figs. B.49 & B.50; and Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 245, fig. 15.29.