Lot Essay
For a similar example see Ivor Hoël Hume, Early English Delftware from London and Virginia, col. pl. opposite p, 84 and for a discussion on this group of wares, ibid., pp. 46-47
DELFTWARE
A SOUTHWARK DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SMALL CHARGER painted in the Wan Li style, the centre with radiating stylised foliage within a circular double-line cartouche, the border with alternate panels of daisies, flowerheads and foliage beneath a blue rim, the reverse with a bister slip beneath a lead glaze (two chips to underside of rim), mid-17th century
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A SOUTHWARK DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SMALL CHARGER painted in the Wan Li style, the centre with radiating stylised foliage within a circular double-line cartouche, the border with alternate panels of daisies, flowerheads and foliage beneath a blue rim, the reverse with a bister slip beneath a lead glaze (two chips to underside of rim), mid-17th century
24.5cm. diam.
24.5cm. diam.