Lot 869
869
THREE ENGLISH DELFT PLATES
THREE ENGLISH DELFT PLATES

18TH CENTURY

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THREE ENGLISH DELFT PLATES
18th century
The first painted in blue on a pale blue ground with a Chinoiserie landscape vignette within a narrow fretwork band, 9in. (22.8cm.) diam.; the second Bristol (probably Redcliff Back, Richard Frank) and of deeper profile, painted in blue and manganese on a pale blue ground with a tulip within a septagonal surround with a stylized flowerhead at each angle, 8.7/8in. (22.5cm.) diam.; the third London or Liverpool, painted in colors with a willow tree and flowering plants issuing from rockwork, the border with trailing flowers, 9in. (22.8cm.) diam. (3)

Lot Essay

Cf. Michael Archer, Delftware, The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1997, no. B.166, plate 123 for a polychrome example similar in design to the present second plate.