CIRCA 1750, LONDON OR LIVERPOOL

Details

AN ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE GAMING-DISH
CIRCA 1750, LONDON OR LIVERPOOL
Of circular form, the central circular compartment inscribed Game surrounded by five radiating compartments painted with the Nave of Hearts, Nine of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, King of Hearts and Queen of Hearts
10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) diam.

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D386.

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Lot Essay

This was used to play a game called 'Pope Joan', the example in the British Museum showing the 'Pope' card or the Nine of Diamonds. See R.L. Hobson, Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Medieval Antiquities and Ethonography of the Britsh Museum, London, 1903, p. 146, fig. 110, no. E.145.

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