Lot Essay
Cf. John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA, 1994, no. 271
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CIRCA 1750, PROBABLY LONDON
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A PAIR OF ENGLISH DELFT POWDERED-BROWN GROUND PLATES
Circa 1750, probably London
Each painted in blue with a pagoda set on rockwork flanked by flowering plants, a bird perched at left, within a shaped diamond surround reserved on the powdered 'dead-leaf brown' ground, the border with four fan-shaped panels with similar flower sprays
8.5/8in. (21.9cm.) diam. (2)
Circa 1750, probably London
Each painted in blue with a pagoda set on rockwork flanked by flowering plants, a bird perched at left, within a shaped diamond surround reserved on the powdered 'dead-leaf brown' ground, the border with four fan-shaped panels with similar flower sprays
8.5/8in. (21.9cm.) diam. (2)