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Click here to subscribeA Bristol delftware plate mid 18th century, painted predominantly in manganese with a Chinese lady seated on a large bamboo trunk with a curved branch above her head, holding a fan in her right hand, the rim with bamboo vignettes reserved on a hatched diaper ground, all highlighted in blue, green and yellow, 23cm. Cf. Michael Archer, Delftware, p.211.
A rare Liverpool delftware tile c.1780, printed in red, probably by John Sadler with a head and shoulders portrait of a gentleman, perhaps Charles James Fox MP, and a Sadler tile printed in black with a boy watching a girl blowing bubbles at a table, after John Bowles, damages and repairs, 13cm. (2)
Three delftware plates mid 18th century, one Dublin and painted in blue with the Broken Scroll pattern, one Lambeth and decorated in polychrome enamels with a parrot perched on flowering branches, the last Liverpool and painted in the Fazackerley palette with simple flower sprays, some damages and repairs, 23.5cm max. (3) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
A rare delftware colander bowl c.1740-60, unusually decorated in red, green and blue with birds in flight and perched on holey rockwork among flowering branches, the concave top pierced with four concentric rings of holes around a larger central aperture, some chipping, 22.3cm dia. Polychrome decoration on this type of object is extremely unusual.
A Liverpool delftware puzzle jug c.1760-70, of traditional form with a tall reticulated neck issuing from a squat globular body, painted with a four line stanza inviting 'Here Gentleman come try your skill', the sides with sprays of flowers in blue, red and green, some damages and repairs to the neck and handle, 18.5cm. Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
Two delftware Biblical tiles mid 18th century, variously painted in manganese, one with Jesus and two followers on the Walk to Emmaus, the other with Christ carrying the cross, together with a Dutch tile of an archer on horseback, the Biblical tiles in slender wood frames, 13.8cm max. (3) Both Biblical tiles derive from Dutch designs. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, p.129, no.91 for the latter, and the V&A, Accession No. C.602:4-1923 for the Dutch version of the former.
Four Bristol delftware plates c.1760-70, one painted with chrysanthemum and bamboo, another with a tall pine tree beside rockwork and buildings, each within a bianco-sopra-bianco border, two with conical trees beside low buildings within a cell diaper band, one cracked, 23.5cm max. (4) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
An English delftware punchbowl c.1760, the exterior painted with stylized fruiting branches in the Chinese manner, the interior inscribed 'ONE MORE AND THEN' within similar decoration, rim crack, 26.7cm. The inscription is an abbreviated version of the full 'One bowl of punch more, and then we part'; punch-drinking being a highly sociable activity during the 18th century. Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
Three delftware plates mid 18th century, two painted in blue with tall bamboo sprays beside flowering peony and rockwork, issuing from before a low zigzag fence, the last with a two-storeyed pagoda beneath a tree, the rim with vignettes of foliage and rocks, together with a shallow bowl painted in the same design as the last, some damages, 22.7cm max. (4) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
A large delftware polychrome charger probably London c.1705, brightly decorated in a polychrome palette of red, yellow, blue and green, with flowering Oriental branches within a border of stiff leaves alternating with feathery foliate sprigs, some glaze chipping, 34.3cm. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Pottery, pl.63 for a coffee pot with related decoration. Also, the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession number 53.25a-c for a large bowl and cover with similar motifs. Both these pieces are dated 1705.
A delftware guglet or water bottle c.1770, probably London, the rounded body painted in blue with three large specimens of lotus, peony and chrysanthemum, the tall neck with stylized foliate motifs, the rim lacking, 22.7cm. Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection. Cf. John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, no. 595 for a similar example.
A London delftware charger c.1770, painted in blue with a maiden reclining on a rocky outcrop and attended by a young shepherd, beneath a tall sponged tree and before a ruined archway, small rim chips, 34cm. The figures are copied from an engraving by Charles Albert von Lespiliez after François de Cuvilliés in Morceaux de Caprice. See Frank Britton, London Delftware, p.161 for a similar example and a copy of the print from which it derives.
A pair of delftware octagonal plates mid 18th century, each painted in blue with two figures standing on a bridge linking islands in a Chinese landscape, one island with pagodas beneath pine trees, the rims with flower sprays issuing from a cell diaper border, a rim crack to one, 23cm. (2) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
A Dublin delftware plate and a soup plate mid 18th century, the plate painted in blue, the bowl in manganese, with chrysanthemum and other Oriental flowers issuing from patterned censers, the rims with further flowers and auspicious objects, painted numeral marks, the plate cracked, 23.5cm. (2) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
A delftware small lobed dish or cracknell c.1660-80, possibly London or Continental, painted in blue with a seated Chinaman amongst rockwork, the same design echoed twice to the lobed rim, raised on a low foot, 21.3cm. Whilst Continental examples of this shape are more common, this has nine lobes rather than the more usual eight, a form which it shares with a dish in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum painted with the arms of the London Company of Drapers. Provenance: from the Brian Adams collection.
A London delftware dry drug jar 1st half 18th century, painted in blue with a cartouche titled 'THER: AND:' above a winged mask supporting flower garlands, surmounted by a basket and two birds perched on leafy branches, some damages and restoration, 19.5cm. Theriac of Andromachus was a traditional remedy containing 73 ingredients including viper flesh, making it a popular choice as an antidote to poisonous bites.
Two delftware plates mid 18th century, one unusually painted in blue with a willow tree issuing from a stack of rocks beside buildings, the mast of a ship visible behind, the other with a figure crossing a bridge between two pagoda islands beneath willow branches, a rim crack to the latter, 23cm. (2) Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.
A Dutch blue and white delftware tulip vase: the heart shaped body with five nozzles and crouching leopard handles, painted with cherubs amongst scrolling flowers and foliage, on rectangular spreading base, blue VE monogram/2/4 for Lambertus van Eenhoorn, probably De Metalen Pot, early 18th century, 20 cm high [minor chips].
A quantity of reference books on the potteries of the British Isles, Europe and Canada, to include "Historical Notices of the Leeds Old Pottery" J.R. Kidson and F. Kidson, "Irish Delftware - an illustrated history", Peter Francis, "Bow Porcelain", Adams and Redstone and the "History of the West Cumberland Potteries", Florence Sibson, etc.
Henry George Todd (1846 - 1898) - Still life of a blue and white Delftware vase with bird nests and fruit, oil on canvas, inscribed to stretcher H Todd and dated 1879, Gallery label verso of Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Worcestershire, Stock Ref: 9147, in a giltwood / gesso frame - canvas 25.5 x 30.5cm
Henry George Todd (1846 - 1898) - Still life of a blue and white Delftware vase with bird nests and fruit, oil on canvas, inscribed to stretcher H Todd and dated 1879, Gallery label verso of Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Worcestershire, Stock Ref: 9147, in a giltwood / gesso frame - canvas 25.5 x 30.5cm
Four mid-18th century English Delft blue and white 'King of Prussia' plates, each painted with a central portrait bust below the letters K P, 22cm (8.75 in) diameter (4) Literature: These commemorate the 'Seven Year's War' 1756-63. See Britton 'English Delftware in the Bristol Collection', plate 10.18 with the attribution to Bristol. One has some firing grittiness at 5 o'clock to the portrait bust
Four Pieces of 18th Century Polychromed Delftware: A shallow, circular dish with upright sides decorated with a band of fish, 1½ ins (4 cms) high, 7 ins (18 cms) in diameter. A plate decorated in manganese, blue, green and yellow glaze with a country scene to the centre panel depicting a man and woman, 9 ins (23 cms) in diameter. A plate decorated with bird & foliage, 8¾ ins (22 cms) in diameter, and another with flowers.
London Delftware Veilleuse chimney circa 1760, moulded with a mask and painted with blue leaf work, also an 18th century Staffordshire creamware Veilleuse , (2) 17.5cm high Condition report: old restoration to the delft example, minor foot chips. The creamware example has overall crazing and a stained lower area, minor glaze chips to the masks.
Henry George Todd (1846 - 1898) - Still life of a blue and white Delftware vase with bird nests and fruit, oil on canvas, inscribed to stretcher H Todd and dated 1879, Gallery label verso of Haynes Fine Art of Broadway, Worcestershire, Stock Ref: 9147, in a giltwood / gesso frame - canvas 25.5 x 30.5cm
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