Lot Essay
Please see the note on the following lot. The present brick likely depicts a variation on the taking of the fort at St. Lorenzo by Vice-Admiral Vernon.
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CIRCA 1740
Details
A BRISTOL DELFT BLUE AND WHITE RECTANGULAR 'BRICK'
CIRCA 1740
Both long sides painted with a maritime scene of fortified buildings on a shore with sails in the distance, the side panels with stylized flowers, the top pierced with a large rectangular aperture flanked by two rows of small circular apertures, painted with diaper and scrolls
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1740
Both long sides painted with a maritime scene of fortified buildings on a shore with sails in the distance, the side panels with stylized flowers, the top pierced with a large rectangular aperture flanked by two rows of small circular apertures, painted with diaper and scrolls
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Brian and Marion Morgan; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 1979, lot 23 (unillustrated). The mate illustrated as lot 22.
With Price Glover, New York.
With Mark and Marjorie Allen, New Hampshire.
With Price Glover, New York.
With Mark and Marjorie Allen, New Hampshire.
Literature
Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes: English Delftware from the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Washington, D.C., 1977, no. 63 (as one of a pair).
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D374.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D374.
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