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A Liverpool blue and white delftware puzzle jug, circa 1765, the three spouts and pierced neck above a globular body inscribed with the 'Here gentleman come try your skill' poem, h.21.5cmReference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, fig. D.6, p.259Has been cracked and restored.

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1757-61, depicting a couple in a garden beside a pineapple plant, 13 x 13cmThis design is adapted from plate 32 of the Ladies' Amusement, with alterations to the background. It is one of very few designs of which the mirrored version is also known, as well as an enamelled version. Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.466, p.519It has been cracked through the centre and glued back together, a chip to the glaze upper left corner and left edge, minor chips to glaze along the other edges.

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting the lion and the fox, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.496, p.525Transfer is quite pale, it has been in half and restored, the glaze around the edge has been chipped and restored.

An English blue and white delftware flower brick, probably Liverpool, circa 1760, having twenty-three ringed flower holes, decorated with a tower, l.12cm References: Archer M (1997) Delftware, I.14, p369 and Grigsby L (2000) The Longridge Collection, D.376, p.417Some light loss of glaze to the edges.Two of the feet have small chips to the corners.Condition is generally very good for delftware.

An English blue and white delftware bowl, probably Liverpool, circa 1750, decorated with flowers, dia.19cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, F.30, p.300

A Bristol polychrome delftware charger, probably Richard Frank of Redcliff Back, circa 1755, decorated with flowers and bamboo, dia.33cm, together with an English blue and white delftware charger, probably London or Bristol, circa 1760, decorated with flowers and bamboo, 35cm, and a Liverpool blue and white delftware charger, probably Drinkwater, Duke Street, circa 1777, decorated with swans before a pagoda, 30cm (3) References: Archer M (1997) Delftware, B.148, p.186, and B.136, p.182 and Garner and Archer (1972) English delftware, plate 110A

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting the sailor's return, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.451, p.515Transfer is quite pale, lower left has been off and glued back on, medium chip to the glaze on lower edge, some surface scratching, transfer a little rubbed.

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting a lady and two gallants, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.471, p.21One chip to the glaze upper left, crazed below their waists, minor losses to glaze along the edges.

A pair of English blue and white delftware plates, probably London, circa 1750, decorated flowers and bamboo, dia.22.5cm, together with another blue and white delftware plate, attributed to Lambeth, circa 1740, in the same pattern, dia.23.5cm, and another, attributed to Liverpool, circa 1780, in the same pattern, dia.24cm (4) Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, B.136, p.182

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting the fox and the stork, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.494, p.525A little paler than the previous lot, it has been in half and restored, various minor chips to the glaze around the edge have been restored.

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting an allegorical scene, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.459-502, p.518A little less bold in the transfer, lower right corner has been snapped off and re-attached, some noticeable nibbles to the edges.

A Liverpool blue and white delftware charger, circa 1740, decorated with eastern figures within a landscape, dia.30cm, together with two similar Liverpool blue and white delftware plates, circa 1740, dia.21.5cm (2) Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, B.209, p.212

A Liverpool blue and white delftware double ended sauceboat, circa 1760, the press moulded body flanked by twin fox handles with floral decoration, 20.5cm References: Archer M (1997) Delftware, G.19, p.337 and Grigsby L (2000), The Longridge Collection, D.204, p228

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting the fox and the lamb, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.494, p.525A little pale in the transfer, bullseye to the upper C-scroll border, lower left corner has been snapped and re-attached, some loss of glaze to the edges.

A Liverpool delftware tile, Sadler and Green, circa 1770, depicting the fox and the monkey, 12.5 x 12.5cm Reference: Archer M (1997) Delftware, N.495, p.525A touch pale to upper left, the upper right corner has been snapped and restored, chips to the glaze at the edges have been restored.

Two John Sadler Liverpool delftware black transfer printed tiles, c.1770 and a blue printed tile, in the same wooden mount. Overall 16 x 45cm

A small Liverpool delftware flower brick, c.1750, the rectangular form painted in blue with a windmill beside other low buildings, the recessed top pierced with three rows of small holes around a central aperture, broken and restuck, 12.8cm across.

Two 18th Century Delftware chinoiserie plates and a dish, the first with two figures in an interior flanking a lantern, hand written label verso "Plate based on the same design in Williamsburg Cat. 250 attributed to Liverpool. Flower Brick in Archer & Garner closer in design, attributed to Lambeth c. 1750", 26cm diameter (rebuilt); another, with central urn of fruit and segmented border of alternate urns and figures, 23cm diameter (chips), and a shallow dish with lone figure in a garden, "See Britten's Bristol Cat 12.60 for very similar design. Poss London 1760", 22.5cm diameter (a/f), (3)

An 18th century Liverpool Delftware puzzle jug, h.18cmHas been restored to handle and rim.

A Liverpool Delftware blue and white plate, circa 1760, decorated with cockerels and Oriental flowers, 22cms diameter; another with Chinese figure decoration, 22cms diameter; and an 18th Century Chinese blue and white plate, with figure and pine tree in a landscape, 23.5cms diameter. (3)

A Liverpool (John Pennington) vase, circa 1775-80Of baluster form, finely painted in blue with a continuous chinoiserie landscape depicting two elaborate pagodas beside a large willow tree issuing from rockwork, the reverse with two Chinese figures beside a lake, a further figure carrying a fishing rod over a bridge between two islands, three birds in flight above, 22.4cm high, incised numeral 6 or 9Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 3 October 2012, lot 121With Roderick JellicoeThe style of painting on this vase has similarities with the European and chinoiserie landscape decoration on a number of pieces by John Pennington, see Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804 (2011), pp.330-8 and 363-8, many of which evoke the style of contemporary delftware.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of mid 18th century Liverpool Delftware flower bricks, painted in blue, length 11.5cm.Condition note: both bricks with loss of glaze to edges, one with three outswept feet fractured and repaired and feint hairline to top, the other with one foot fractured and repaired and feint hairline to base, further images added.

A Liverpool polychrome delftware puzzle jug: of conventional form with pierced cylindrical neck and three nozzles, the body inscribed ' Here Gentlemen come try your skill... I'le hold a wager if you will...That you don't drink this liquor all... Without you spill or lett some fall...', coloured floral sprays to either side, circa 1765-70, 19cm [some glaze loss, restoration to one nozzle].

A pair of Liverpool Delftware octagonal ship plates. Dated 1761. Painted in blue with a three-masted Dutch vessel. Inscribed Vertrouwen (above), Pieter Pieters Eisen.1761 (below). The border with flowers and four cherub's heads. 21 cm diameter. It is likely that this plate was commissioned by a Dutch sea-captain, possibly Pieter Pieters Eisen, visiting the port of Liverpool in circa 1761. Although she is flying the Dutch flag, nothing is yet known about the ship 'Vertrouwen'. Cf. Bonhams, The Sampson and Horne Collection Defining the British Vernacular. 28 April 2010. Lot 206. Property of a Lady

A pair of small octagonal delftware plates c.1770, Liverpool or Dublin, painted in blue with La Pêche, a lady fishing, regarded by a figure beneath an archway, within stylized narrow panelled borders, a few small filled chips, 17.8cm. (2) This design, commonly seen on Caughley and Worcester porcelains, is copied from a design by Jean Pillement, engraved by P C Canot and published in 1759. It was then published in the second edition of The Ladies Amusement the following year.

A pair of delftware chargers c.1760, probably Liverpool, painted in blue with bold branches of flowering peony issuing from holey rockwork, 35cm. (2)

Two delftware chargers mid 18th century, one Liverpool and painted with vases of flowers, the rim with six flower sprays, large 2 mark to the base, the other charger Bristol and painted with moths in flight above flowering branches, 34.3cm max. (2)

A large delftware plate c.1760-70, probably Bristol or Liverpool, well painted in a pale blue with a Chinese warrior figure holding a spear and seated at the base of a flowering prunus tree, the rim with floral panels on a narrow trellis border, 30.6cm.

An octagonal delftware charger c.1770, Dublin or Liverpool, painted in blue with La Pêche, a lady fishing and watched by a figure beneath an archway, within stylized narrow panelled borders, a rim section broken and restuck, 41.5cm. This design, commonly seen on Caughley and Worcester porcelains, is copied from a design by Jean Pillement, engraved by P C Canot and published in 1759. It was then published in the second edition of The Ladies Amusement the following year.

A delftware octagonal charger c.1760, Dublin or Liverpool, painted with peacock feathers in a vase beside a large chrysanthemum bloom and a spray of flowering prunus, within a cell diaper border, a rim crack, 41.5cm.

A Liverpool delftware plate c.1740-50, the well painted in blue with two strutting cockerels beneath flowering branches, and a small Delft plate in imitation of Chinese porcelain, painted with a dense floral design within a shaped panelled rim, some restoration, 27cm max. (2)

Two large delftware chargers c.1750-70, one probably Liverpool and painted in a dark blue with flowers and feathery leaves within a simple border, the other Bristol and painted with flowering Oriental branches, some rim chipping, 35.8cm max. (2)

A Liverpool delftware shallow bowl c.1760, the interior painted in blue with gardeners or haymakers, a man holding a hayfork or hoe, his companion a tall staff, the rim with a continuous scroll border, 22.7cm dia. Paper label for Wm. H. Plummer & Co. Ltd., New York City.

Two rare Liverpool delftware woodblock-printed tiles, circa 1756-57Printed in purple by John Sadler after Nilson, a gentleman with an elaborate tricorn hat and two chinoiserie figures are grouped among rococo scrollwork, within octagonal foliate scrolled frames, 13cm square (2)Footnotes:This curious set of printed tiles was based on designs by Johann Nilson titled 'Coffee Tea and Tobacco Ornament'. See Anthony Ray, Liverpool Printed Tiles (1994), p.18, no.A1-11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A large 18th century Liverpool brown printed and painted Delftware char dish, circa 1760. Unrestored (AF). Diameter 20 cm (see illustration).

Two 18th Century Liverpool-attributed English Delftware plates, circa 1740, the first painted in blue with two cockerels beneath a bending spray of flowering prunus, the rim with further prunus sprays, foliage verso, 23.5cm diameter, the second with two Chinese-style figures in a landscape before pavilion on a promontory, orange rim, wave decoration verso, 21.5cm diameter, (2)Birds plate with fritting and losses around edge of rim, together with chips to foot rim; Chinese figures with 10mm slither chip to rim and losses around the whole edge.

Four Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1750-75, painted in blue with octagonal panels containing buildings including a church, windmill and tower in harbour settings, within 'Louis XV' borders with diaper corners, a little chipping, 12.8cm max. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Five delftware tiles, c.1760-90, three probably Liverpool and painted in manganese with baskets of flowers over diaper panels, two other Liverpool and painted with vases of flowers in blue or manganese, and a Dutch Delft tile painted with a vase of flowers within fleur de lys corner motifs, the latter broken and restuck, 13.3cm max. (6) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Six delftware Biblical tiles, c.1720-50, two Liverpool and decorated with the Stoning of Stephen and Christ appearing to Mary Magdalen, within octagonal panels on a powdered blue ground, the rest London and painted with Daniel in the lions' den, the Mocking of Elisha, and two with Jonah under the gourd, 13cm max. (6) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Four delftware tiles, c.1755-75, probably Liverpool, each painted in manganese with a curved flower stem within feathery corners, a few small chips, 12.5cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, pl. 45 for tiles with the same designs in a Fazackerly palette.

Four Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1725-50, well painted in blue with large flower arrangements issuing from two-handled vases decorated with lion masks, within quarter flowerhead corners on a powdered blue ground, 12.5cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, p.215, no. 500.

Four delftware tiles, c.1750-70, Bristol or Liverpool, two painted in blue with buildings on an island, one in manganese with a cow grazing beneath trees, the last in manganese with a flower spray, all within studded borders with sunflower corners, some chipping, 13cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, p.41, no.184.

Four Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1750-75, painted in blue with octagonal panels containing figures in landscapes, within 'Louis XV' borders with diaper corners, three with a corner lacking, 12.5cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Anthony Ray, pl.21 no.208.

Four delftware tiles, c.1750-70, Bristol or Liverpool, two painted in blue and two in manganese with a stylized flowering plant within a continuous floral scroll border, some chipping, 12.8cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, pl.44, no. 442 for a manganese tile attributed to Bristol. Sherds of this pattern in blue were excavated at the Gilbody site in Liverpool in 1966.

Two Liverpool delftware woodblock printed tiles, c.1756-7, printed in blue by John Sadler, one with a European couple taking tea at a table beneath a rococo arbour, the other with three figures at a Chinese altar, within 'Louis XV' borders with floral corners, some chipping, 12.8cm. (2) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

An unusual pair of Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1770, painted in blue with a double grapevine stem issuing leaves and grapes, 13cm. (2) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, p.69, no.395.

Two Liverpool delftware woodblock printed tiles, c.1756-7, printed in blue by John Sadler, one with a gallant kissing the hand of a maiden, the other with hunters beside a rococo fountain, within octagonal panels enclosed by 'Louis XV' borders, some damages, 12.7cm. (2) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. The decoration on both tiles is taken from Johann Esaias Nilson's 'Coffee, Tea and Tobacco Ornament'.

Two rare delftware tiles, c.1750-70, probably Liverpool, simply decorated in blue with a central flower sprig, the corners with unusual flower stem motifs, some glaze chipping, 12.7cm. (2) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, pl.44, no.435 for a tile with the same corners.

Three delftware tiles, c.1750-70, probably Liverpool, two painted in manganese with two goats lying or standing in a meadow, the last in blue with a single billy goat standing with head slightly turned, restoration to two, 13.3cm max. (3) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. The designs on these tiles derive from etchings by the Dutch artist, Nicolaes Berchem (1620-83).

Four delftware tiles, c.1750-75, one Bristol and painted in manganese with a figure punting in an island scene, another probably Liverpool and painted with two stylized swans swimming before harbourside buildings, another painted in blue with a panel of boats and buildings, the last with a scribbled manganese design to each corner, some chipping, 12.8cm. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Five Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1740-60, painted in manganese with varying scenes including a haymaker, two travellers in the countryside, a ship at sail, a swan swimming, and a village landscape, all with tall trees, 12.7cm. (5) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Five delftware tiles, c.1750-70, probably Bristol and Liverpool, painted in blue and manganese with a vase of flowers perched above a diaper panel with flowerheads, the corners with pomegranate motifs, two with manganese numbers to the reverse, 13cm max. (5) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Cf. Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, p.72, pls. 417 and 418.

Three Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1750-75, painted in blue with octagonal panels of buildings and boats, one with a water mill, another with two swans in a harbour scene, within 'Louis XV' borders with diaper corners, 12.7cm. (3) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

Ten Liverpool delftware Fable tiles, c.1770-85, printed by John Sadler in a dark red with scenes from Aesop's Fables, including The Lark and her Young Ones, the Hare and the Tortoise, the Crow and the Pitcher, the Fox and the Crow, the One-Eyed Doe, the Fox and the Lion, the Two Travellers and the Bear, the Fox and the Monkey, the Hunter, the Fox and the Tiger, and the Jackdaw and the Sheep, within '88' borders, damages and repairs, 12.8cm. (10) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. Many of the engravings were taken from Samuel Croxall's edition of the Fables, published in 1722. Others were taken from the earlier version by Ogilby, published in 1665 by Thomas Rycroft.

Four Liverpool delftware printed tiles, c.1775-80, printed in black by John Sadler, three with scenes of dandified gentleman, 'A Six Weeks Tour to Paris', 'A Macaroni at a Sale of Pictures' and 'The Marquis and his Valet', mounted in later wooden frames, the fourth tile with a Cleric drinking wine with two gentlemen, all within '88' borders, 13.8cm overall max. (4) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent. The scene of the first tile is taken from a print titled The Englishman in Paris after John Collet; the other two are adapted from prints by Brandoin.

Six early printed Liverpool delftware tiles, c.1757-65, printed by John Sadler in black with scenes including a boy watching a girl blowing bubbles, a man having a tooth extracted, figures carousing in front of a tavern, three with a shepherd surprising a sleeping shepherdess, broken and repaired, 13cm. (6) Provenance: Louis Lipski; gifted to R J Charleston and thence by descent.

A Liverpool delftware tile, c.1755-75, well painted in polychrome enamels with a lady seated before a stone balustrade, wearing a yellow dress with ochre bodice, mounted on a later wooden board, restoration to one corner, the tile 12.6cm. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, pl.22, no.215.

Five delftware tiles, mid 18th century, two London and painted in blue with foxes or dogs beside small fringed trees, two Liverpool and painted in manganese with a bull and two stags, one with flowerhead corners, the last Liverpool and painted in blue with two sheep, in a later glazed frame, the tiles 13cm max. (5)

Two delftware animal tiles, c.1760-75, one probably Lambeth and painted with a boar being attacked by dogs, within an octagonal panel on a powdered manganese ground, the other Liverpool and painted in blue with a stag and doe within a shaped cartouche, the corners with quarter flower motifs, 12.7cm max. (2) The design of the Liverpool tile is taken from The Ladies' Amusement but omits a fawn.

A group of five 18th century English blue and white delftware tiles: comprising a lady standing by a lake with a swimming swan and buildings beyond, Bristol; a small boat on a lake, two sailing boats and buildings by a bridge beyond, Bristol; a man fishing with two sailing boats in the distance; a river scene with three fishermen on a boat, two windmills and sailing boats beyond within 'Louis XV' border, Liverpool; and one other with a large Dutch-style sailing boat approaching a tower [some chips] 5.