Lot Essay
See F.H. Garner and Michael Archer, English Delftware, London, 1972, Pl. 68B and John H. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA, 1994, no. 222 for plates with similar border patterns.
SECOND QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY
Details
TWO BRISTOL DELFT BLUE AND WHITE PLATES
Second quarter of the 18th century
Painted in blue on a bluish-white glaze, one with a crane standing in a marsh, the other with stylized flowers, the borders of both with stylized flowers
7¾in. (17.7cm.) diam. (2)
Second quarter of the 18th century
Painted in blue on a bluish-white glaze, one with a crane standing in a marsh, the other with stylized flowers, the borders of both with stylized flowers
7¾in. (17.7cm.) diam. (2)
Provenance
With Mary Otis, Cape Code, 1953 (crane plate)