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Two similar Delft blue and white jugs, possibly London circa 1780, each with reeded cylindrical necks above baluster bodies painted with five pointed leaves central to flowers and their foliage, 18cm (7 in) high (2) (D) Literature: For an illustration of a similar jug, see Frank Britton 'English Delftware' figure 6.22 page 92Both have glaze losses in prominent places with the marginally smaller jug having its handle glued back
A collection of nineteen early 18th century Delft ointment or small drug jars, the majority left in the white, five blue and white and four coloured, the largest 9cm (3.5 in) high (19) (D) Literature: For similar coloured pots see Crellin 'Medical Ceramics in the Wellcome Institute' plates 186 and 7. For the style of London and Bristol pots see Britton 'English Delftware' pages 80-82Many have glaze losses and or chipped rims. One is cracked.
1702-1714 AD. A shallow dished ceramic plate with borders of blue concentric rings, the centre with a half-length portrait of Queen Anne, with initials A - R at sides; paper reinforcements pasted to reverse, with typed label 'DELFT PLATE / probably Bristol / With Contemporary Portrait / of / QUEEN ANNE / 1702 - 1714' in six lines. 305 grams, 22.5cm (9"). Fair condition; cracked at centre and edges chipped. Rare. [No Reserve] Property of a Kent collector; by inheritance 1970; formerly property of Jack Smith, antiquarian and collector of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, UK, acquired 1920s-1960s. See Archer, Michael, Delftware - The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. The style suggests this plate was made in the Bristol area.
Dated 1687 AD. A shallow ceramic plate with the design of a coronet supported by a pair of winged demi-beasts (griffins?) with scrolls and tassels; a cherub's face at lower centre, forming a cartouche with the initials 'L' above 'M M' and the date. 415 grams, 22cm (8 1/2"). [No Reserve] Good condition; restored. Property of a Kent collector; by inheritance 1970; formerly property of Jack Smith, antiquarian and collector of Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, UK, acquired 1920s-1960s. See Archer, Michael, Delftware - The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997, for similar plates of this period. The arrangement of initials in a triangle is a common 17th century feature (also often seen on English tokens of this period) the upper initial here being the surname or family name and the others being the forenames of husband (left) and wife (right); offered with printed images of two very similar examples.
An 18th Century Delft wet drug jar, probably London, painted with the inscription: O:VIRIDE: on a scrolled cartouche centred on a scallop flanked by two demi-angels, a cherubim beneath, circa 1730, height 20cm, A/F For a dry drug jar, but with very similar decoration and attributed to London, see English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, Frank Britton, 1982, pl. 5.4 The recipe for O:VIRIDE is simplicity itself. It is a liniment made by heating leaves of bay-laurel, rue, chamomile, marjoram and wormwood with olive oil. The mixture must then be strained to remove solids.
A Dutch burr walnut Delftware or china cabinet, the moulded cornice with rococo shell detail, a pair of glazed doors and side panel, enclosing shaped painted shelves, above two short and two long drawers with shaped apron on large claw feet, fitted with ornate brass work handles and escutcheon, late 18thC, with key 225 x 170 x 45cm
A group of English delftware, 18th century, comprising; a Liverpool tile painted in manganese with a recumbent leopard, a blue and white shipping subject tile, probably London, two manganese landscape tiles, probably Liverpool, a Liverpool blue and white small plate painted with horses, 21cm diameter; and a manganese plate painted with a church, 19cm diameter. (a.f)
A delftware dry drug jar 2nd half 18th century, painted in blue with two putti holding flower stems above a banner surmounted with a scallop shell motif, inscribed 'C:RORISMAR', broken and repaired, 18cm. The inscription relates to the flowers of rosemary, which had a wide range of medicinal uses including as an astringent and a cure for headaches.
Eight Bristol delftware tiles c.1725-50, each decorated in blue with a hatted figure in a rural landscape, reserved on a flower-shaped panel on a sponged manganese ground, the corners with flowerhead motifs, minor faults, 12.8cm. (8) Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, p.133, nos. 110 and 111 for similar examples.
A delftware plate 1st half 18th century, perhaps London, decorated in blue, green, red and manganese with a leaping stag to the well, within two bands of stylized swags, minor damages, 23.2cm. Cf. Bonhams, The Sampson and Horne Collection: Defining the Vernacular, 28th April 2010, lot 115 for a blue and white Farmhouse dish with a similar scene.

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