A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE
SYD LEVETHAN: THE LONGRIDGE COLLECTION
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE

SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY

Details
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE OCTAGONAL PILL-TILE
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Painted with the arms of the Society of Apothecaries flanked by unicorrn supporters above the motto 'ODIFER QUEPER ORBEM DICOR', pierced for hanging
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high
Provenance
With Jonathan Horne, London.
Literature
L.B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, vol. 2, London, 2000, p. 460, cat. no. D411.

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For a similar example with unicorn supporters, see J. Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art, London, 2003, p. 15, cat. no. 02/11.

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