Lot Essay
Cf. the example illustrated by John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg (Williamsburg, 1994), p. 195, no. 390.
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CIRCA 1760, PROBABLY LIVERPOOL
Details
Five English delft blue and white sweetmeat-dishes
Circa 1760, probably Liverpool
Comprising the central octafoil dish of pale-blue tint, painted with a central motif of a flowering shrub, the surrounding four lobed semi-circular dishes with glaze of slightly paler tint and painted with borders of pendant flowerheads and foliage (slight rim chipping and flaking)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide (5)
Circa 1760, probably Liverpool
Comprising the central octafoil dish of pale-blue tint, painted with a central motif of a flowering shrub, the surrounding four lobed semi-circular dishes with glaze of slightly paler tint and painted with borders of pendant flowerheads and foliage (slight rim chipping and flaking)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide (5)
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