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An unrecorded woodblock printed Liverpool delftware tile c.1750-60, printed in blue probably by John Sadler with a huntsman and his dog walking before a house with a smoking chimney, in an octagonal panel with formal scroll and diaper ground panels, broken and restored, 12.8cm. Cf. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, Vol. 11, Part 1, pp.36-38.
A Dutch blue and white delftware tulip vase: the body of arched flattened form with nine nozzles in two sizes and winged dolphin head handles, painted with a courting couple seated in a landscape, birds, flowers and stylised foliage, AP/3 mark, 19th century, 30 cm high [one nozzle with restoration to rim].
Title: A Dutch Delft polychrome figural 'Bobbejak' table fountain, 18th C. Description: Dimensions: H 32 cm Literature: Aronson, Dutch Delftware including selections from a distinguished Manhattan collector, 2009, p.102, nr. 67 for a closely related pair. Compare: See also: Museum fŸr Angewandte Kunst, Kšln (link).
A blue and white English 18th Century tin glazed earthenware 'delftware' charger, with decoration of waterside buildings in the Chinoiserie taste, diameter 34.5 cm overall condition good in light of age, there is one noticeable chip to the rim, and various areas of fretting and firing flaws, but no hairlines or significant damages
A London or Wincanton octagonal delftware pill slab, mid 18th century painted in blue with the arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, between unicorn supported and above the motto "OPIFERQUE. PER. ORBEM DICOR" in manganese, 30cm x 24cmSold by Sotheby's New York in the Joseph Vizcarr Collection on 13th April 1984, Lot 412A similar example, attributed to Wincanton, is illustrated in Louis Gautier, English Delft, fig 21.Another, attributed to London, is in the Glaisher Collection (Cat. No. 1378) and is illustrated in Leslie G. Matthews "Apothecaries Pill Tiles, ECC transactions, Vol.7. Part 3, pl.173 (c).This particular design is closely related to one used by the Society of Apothecaries between c.1746 and c.1817
Full title: A pair of polychrome Dutch Delft duck-shaped tureens, 18th C.------- Description: L.: 16 cm - H.: 13,5 cmÊ Marked VH above a numeral 3 in blue on the base, for Hendrik Van Hoorn, the 'Drie Posteleyne Astonne' workshop, Delft, 1759-1804.Ê Provenance: A distinguished English private collection.Ê Ref.: Aronson, Dutch Delftware - The Ivan B. Hart Collection, 2013, p. 68-69, nr. 39, for a pair of plover-shaped butter tubs with the same mark.
A RARE ENGLISH DELFTWARE PUNCH BOWL, LONDON, DATED 1715 inscribed Edmond Tanner of Northfleat 1715 in a cartouche and painted with wreathed reserves of vases of flowers, the interior with central spray and six artemesia leaves, 40cm diamProvenance: Almost certainly Edmund Tanner (d 1718-19) Mariner of Northfleet, Kent. A bowl of identical size and perhaps painted by the same hand, dated 1714, is thought to have been an engagement present for Robert Hooper and his wife, Mary, who were married at St Butolph's Church, Bishopsgate on 1 April 1716. It is illustrated Britton (Frank), London Delftware, fig 116a and b. A similar Delft punch bowl is the central feature of William Hogarth's "A Midnight Modern Conversation", the engraving of which was published in March 1732. Punch drinking became fashionable following the enactment of Sir Robert Walpole's unpopular Excise Bill, a measure to levy tax on tobacco and wine. English Delftware punch bowls of this early deep type with steep sides and especially of such large size are rare.++Broken and restuck with small made up loss
Three shallow delftware bowls c.1770-80, one inscribed 'One Bowl More & then' to the interior well, the exterior with concentric stylized borders, another with a large rose spray to the outside, the interior rim with a scalloped green border, the last with formal foliate bands beneath a yellow rim, 19.2cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 27th July 1982, lot 297, formerly in the Moreton Collection; Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 15 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner; and Puttick & Simpson, 15th January 1969, lot 76 (part).
A delftware posset pot and cover c.1720-30, London or Bristol, the tall body painted in red, blue and green with sprays of Oriental flowers beneath a formal scroll border, the design echoed to the domed cover, with wide strap handles and a narrow applied spout detailed with blue dashes, damages, 23cm high. (2) Provenance: acquired from Christchurch, c.1962.
Two delftware miniature teabowls c.1760, one painted in polychrome enamels with Oriental flower sprays, the other with stylized flowers beneath a yellow and green border, and a larger teabowl painted with leaf swags suspended from a continuous manganese scroll band, small damages, 7.6cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 1st March 1983, lot 422, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski, no. 923; Christie's, 2nd June 1978, lot 203, formerly in the collection of Mrs G I Cameron.
Three delftware plates c.1750, one painted in blue with a Chinese boy jumping to catch a bird, beside a lady and flowering prunus, the shaped rim with a trellis design, another painted with two Chinese figures either side of a hanging lantern, the last with a Chinese lady holding a large parasol beside a vase of flowers, the rim with three rockwork panels, some rim faults, 23cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 78 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor; and Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 106 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
A rare delftware two-handled sauceboat c.1760-70, the double-ended form painted in blue with a figure in a boat in a Chinese pagoda landscape beneath a trellis border, the interior with sprays of flowering peony, the shaped handles glazed blue with darker detailing, raised on three paw feet, some restoration, 25.3cm across. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd April 1976, lot 12.
A small delftware spirit flask c.1730-50, probably English, the flattened circular form painted in blue, green and red, one side with a bird perched amidst flowering branches, the reverse with flowers issuing from a campana vase, the side with red flowerheads reserved on a blue ground, 12cm. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 24th July 1976, lot 2.
Four delftware tiles c.1730-60, one Biblical and painted in blue with Peter's denial of Jesus, one with two travellers in conversation, another with a sailing boat beside buildings, the last with an octagonal panel of figures in boats beside a jetty, within an elaborate border of putti and foliate scrolls, damages to the last tile, 12.7cm. (4)
A pair of delftware polychrome chargers c.1730, possibly London, painted in blue, red, yellow and green, each with a stylized central squirrel in a pinwheel flower within concentric foliate type borders, cracked, 33.4cm. (2) Provenance: acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 131 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.
Two delftware shallow bowls c.1760-70, one probably Abigail Griffith at Lambeth, painted in blue, green, manganese and yellow with a pagoda island landscape, the other painted in blue with a Chinese boy holding a tall bamboo stem with a bird perched atop it, before an ornamental fence and flowering branches, 29.8cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 26th January 1965, lot 32; and Sotheby's, 1st June 1965, lot 92 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
Three delftware bowls c.1740-60, probably London, one painted in bright enamels with flying insects and flowering branches within narrow yellow and red borders, another with formal floral swags to the exterior, the last decorated in blue, green, yellow and manganese with flowering branches issuing from rockwork, some damages, 19cm dia. max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965,lot 42 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner; Christie's, 14th October 1968; and Sotheby's, 1st June 1965, lot 58 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
Two delftware chargers c.1700 and c.1740, one probably London and decorated in blue, yellow and red with a geometric sunburst design, the rim with demi flower mons, the other Bristol and decorated in polychrome enamels with a stylized floral motif within a chequered border and a rim with flower panels reserved on a diaper ground, numeral 10 mark to the latter, the former with a section broken and restuck, 33.4cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 6th December 1983, lot 609, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski; and Sotheby's, 9th May 1967, lot 1.
Two delftware posset pots c.1680-1700, London or Bristol, one of small cylindrical form, painted in blue to two sides with a Chinese figure seated in a landscape, the other of thistle shape and painted with stylized flower sprays, each applied with strap handled and a narrow curved spout, some damages, the covers lacking, 22cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 1st March 1983, lot 415, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski; and Sotheby's, 1st April 1971.
Two Bristol delftware punch bowls c.1725-35, the deep forms with slightly everted rims, one painted in blue, red and green, the other in blue, each with stylized flower sprays within shaped panels on a diaper ground, the interiors with further flower sprays, damages, 26cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 12 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner; and Sotheby's, 14th February 1967, lot 6 (part).
A delftware punch bowl c.1725-40, probably Bristol, the tall flared sides painted in red, blue and green with stylized flower sprays beneath semi-circular panels of red and blue diaper trellis, the interior with a narrow blue border and a single flower spray, and another smaller bowl unusually decorated with a repeated design of stylized flowers in polychrome enamels, some damages, 26.3cm max. (2) Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 15 (part) and lot 12 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
An unusual small delftware flower brick c.1760, probably Liverpool, the shallow rectangular form painted in blue to the long sides with swans swimming before a bridge and buildings, the short sides with a figure in a boat, raised on four shaped feet, the inside divided into three compartments with internal walls, the top pierced with an arrangement of 16 small holes around a central aperture, edged in blue, some restoration, 12.5cm across. Provenance: acquired from Christie's, 29th March 1971, lot 22. Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, p.104 no.7.27 for an identical example.
Two delftware sweetmeat trays or hors d'oeuvres dishes c.1740-60, one probably London and with four shaped wells around a central square compartment, painted in blue with Chinese figures in boats and with flowering plants, the whole raised on four low feet, the other tray probably Liverpool and formed of three compartments, each painted with a tree before a fence, edged in a trellis design, raised on three peg feet, minor faults, 20.3cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 22nd June 1976, lot 60; and Goold, Cambridge, 4th April 1969.
Three delftware bowls c.1760, in three sizes, all painted in blue, the largest with small huts beneath pine trees and beside rockwork, the next with flowers and fruiting vine, the smallest with a hut beneath a tall willow tree, each with a narrow blue border to the inside rim, minor damages, 30.4cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 15, formerly in the collection of F H Garner; Sotheby's, 6th December 1983, lot 750 (part), formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski; and Sotheby's 1st June 1965, lot 122 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
A rare delftware square bowl c.1770, of unusual lobed square shape with undulating rim, boldly painted in blue to both sides with a large scaly dragon among cloud scrolls, a section broken and riveted, 31cm. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 6th December 1983, lot 75, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski, no. 615.
Two delftware plates c.1760, one Bristol and painted in blue with two cranes standing beside an ornamental fence and flowering plants, the other Lambeth and painted with birds in flight above a pair of recumbent deer, and a Liverpool delftware soup plate painted with flowering plants to the well, the rim with three birds in flight, some chipping, 25.5cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Christie's, 12th December 1966, lot 147 (part); Sotheby's, 29th July 1971, lot 117 (part), formerly in the collection of Robert Warren; Sotheby's, 1st June 1965, lot 92 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
Two large delftware plates c.1730-40, one Liverpool and painted in blue with two cockerels beneath a bending spray of flowering prunus, the rim with further prunus sprays, the other London and painted in polychrome enamels with a strutting cockerel beneath a flowering branch and a vase of flowers, within a panelled rim, and an unusual plate painted in blue with three ducks swimming beside a jetty, the rim with willow tree vignettes, some chipping, 26cm max. (3) Provenance: the Liverpool plate with a paper label for the Moreton Collection, no.52, acquired from Puttick & Simpson, 22nd November 1967, lot 93.
Two delftware large plates or chargers c.1730-60, one Bristol and painted in blue with a three storey house with a smoking chimney, a figure punting in the foreground, 3 mark to the underside, the other probably Liverpool and painted with a Chinese figure holding a bird by its long tail while a lady watches from a window, the rim with flowering branches and flying insects, some chipping, a short rim crack, 30.7cm max. (2) Provenance; the latter plate acquired from Sotheby's, 6th December 1983, lot 753 (part), formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski. The other plate with a paper label bearing the initials GB, possibly for Golding Barrett.
A delftware glass-bottomed mug c.1780-85, painted in blue with a maid pouring tea for a couple seated in a garden, the other side with three figures playing a game at a small table beneath trees, either side of a bell inscribed 'I T B' in black, the rim and foot with a trellis band, some damages, 12cm. Provenance: acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 160 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor. Illustrated: Lipski & Archer, Dated English Delftware, p.191, no.855. The description claims that the mug is dated 1783 on the bell with the initials, however no date is apparent.
A Liverpool delftware puzzle jug c.1740-50, the rounded body inscribed in blue with 'From Mother Earth I take my birth, Am Made a Joke for Man, And now am here fill'd with good Cheer, Come taste it if you can', flanked by peony sprays, the tall neck pierced with geometric floral designs, the hollow rim with three narrow spouts, repairs to the handle and neck, 20cm. Provenance: acquired from Christie's, 9th October 1967, lot 9.
Literature: Noel Hume, Early English Delftware from London and Virginia; Michael Archer, Delftware; Lipski & Archer, Dated English Delftware; Claude Bonnet, Faïences Révolutionnaires; Alan Caiger-Smith, Tin-Glaze Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World; Timothy Wilson, Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance; Bernard Rackham, The Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain (two volumes); and a number of other reference books pertaining to pottery. (22)
A delftware flower pot 1st half 18th century, Dutch or English, painted in blue with Chinese figures in a garden setting, moulded with mask handles, the flared foot painted with a band of stiff leaves and pierced with a row of drainage holes, and a two-handled vase of baluster form, painted with a bird amidst flowering branches, with scroll handles and a tall flared foot, some damages and restoration, 15.2cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Christie's, 29th March 1971, lot 38; and Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 120 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.
A pair of delftware flower bricks c.1740-50, the rectangular forms painted in blue with bamboo and flowering Oriental plants, the recessed tops pierced with 26 small holes around a larger circular aperture, some chipping, 16.2cm across. (2) Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 7th April 1970, lot 60.
Three delftware plates c.1760, two of octagonal form, one attributed to Michael Edkins at Redcliffe Back Pottery, painted with a reclining fisherman beside a figure in an arbour, the other Lambeth and with a Chinese figure carrying a stick beside flowering plants, the powder blue rim with flower sprays left in the white, the last a larger Bristol plate painted in blue with a small hut beside towering rockwork within a shaped cartouche, the rim with vignettes of plants and rocks, some rim damages, 26.4cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 1st June 1965, lot 77 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner; Christie's, 5th April 1965, lots 79 and 78 (part), both formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor.
Six Lambeth delftware plates c.1780-90, painted in green, manganese and blue with a bunch of grapes on the vine suspended above a flared basket, the rim with leaf sprigs and a feathered blue border, some damages, 22.8cm. (6) Provenance: acquired from Minette Puxon Antiques, Colchester, 9th June 1966. Cf. Michael Archer, Delftware, no. B.182 for an identical example.
Two delftware coffee cups and a small mug or can c.1750-90, the can probably Lambeth and painted in the Ann Gomm manner with a demi hexagonal motif amid stylized flower sprays, one cup painted in red, green, yellow, blue and manganese with a bold flower spray, with blue dashes to the loop handle, the other cup with flowering branches of Oriental plants in blue, damages and restoration, 6cm max. (3) Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 1st June 1965, lot 54, formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
Two delftware chargers mid 18th century, one painted in manganese with blue detailing, with a figure fishing beside rockwork and pine trees, within a panelled border, the other decorated in blue with bamboo and peony beside a low ornamental fence, together with a Continental faïence charger painted with plants and banded hedges within a panelled border, blue H mark, some faults, 35.5cm max. (3) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 26th May 1970, lot 37; Sotheby's, 14th February 1987, lot 6 (part); and Bethnal Green, c.1952.
Four delftware bowls mid 18th century, the shallow forms variously decorated in blue and polychrome enamels with vases of flowers, bamboo and flowering plants issuing from rockwork, and stylized flower sprays, two with an everted rim, some damages, 23cm max. (4) Provenance: the bowl with the flower vase acquired from Puttick & Simpson, 15th January 1969, lot 76 (part).
A small delftware flower brick c.1760, the rectangular form painted in shades of blue with flowering branches issuing from a short fence, the recessed top pierced with nine small holes either side of a central circular opening, some restoration, 12.5cm across. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 102, formerly in the collection of F H Garner.
A small delftware flower brick c.1750, the rectangular form painted with flowering mimosa sprays to all four sides, the recessed top pierced with an arrangement of 18 small holes around a central circular aperture, some chipping, 11.5cm across. Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's, 7th April 1970, lot 56 (part).
A delftware flower bowl c.1700-20, of circular form, painted in blue with insects in flight around flowering plants, the fixed domed cover pierced with an arrangement of ten small holes around a central aperture with raised rim, detailed in blue with stylized floral motifs, blue 3 mark to the underside, and a delftware colander bowl, the exterior painted with flowering plants before an ornamental fence, the concave fixed cover pierced with three concentric bands of holes, damages, 22.5cm max. (2) Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 15th May 1979, lot 30, formerly in the Moorwood Collection; and Quinneys Ltd, Chester, c.1955.

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