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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SWEETMEAT DISH
CIRCA 1760, LONDON OR LIVERPOOL
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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE SWEETMEAT DISH
CIRCA 1760, LONDON OR LIVERPOOL
Moulded with three fan-shaped sections on three bun feet, each compartment painted with a flowering branch below a shaped panel enclosing a stylised flower and scrollwork, the shaped rim and intersection with further flowers, leaves and scrolls (minor glaze chipping to rim)
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide
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VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Lot Essay
For three examples of sweetmeat dishes divided into three sections and decorated with flowers see Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (London, 1982), p.137, nos. 9.36-9.38.
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