A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE PLATE
PROBABLY LAMBETH, CIRCA 1760-1770
Painted with a shepherd and shepherdess in a landscape with ruins; together with a London delft small vase with lion-mask handles, of slightly earlier date, painted with chinoiserie landscapes
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) diameter, the plate (2)
Provenance
With Mark & Marjorie Allen, both
Lot Essay
See Archer, p. 236, no. B-265 for another example and an explanation of the possible origins of the decoration.
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