Lot Essay
Cf. J.C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg (1994), p. 119 for a spoon tray of similar shape.
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Details
An English delft blue and white quatrefoil spoon tray
probably London, painted with houses on islands amongst trees, beneath a border painted with alternate trellis-pattern and foliate panels, circa 1760 (section of rim lacking, small glaze chips) -- 15cm. wide
See illustration
probably London, painted with houses on islands amongst trees, beneath a border painted with alternate trellis-pattern and foliate panels, circa 1760 (section of rim lacking, small glaze chips) -- 15cm. wide
See illustration
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