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AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE FLOWER BRICK, CIRCA 1760 rectangular, blue and white, painted each side with a bird perched on rocks flanked by flowering plants, the top pierced with three row of seven holes, 19.5cm long; together with another English Delftware flower brick, probably London, circa 1760, smaller, rectangular, blue and white, flower painted, 11.5cm long both with restorations (2)Descriptions in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports and all lots are sold as viewed. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in good condition. Prospective bidders are recommended to request a condition report prior to bidding, wherever possible satisfying themselves in person at the gallery as to the condition of a lot.

A rare London delftware syrup jar c.1780, the small globular form inscribed 'Ol; AMYG,D.' in manganese within a simple panel, raised on a tall conical foot, 13.5cm.

Two London delftware plates c.1710-20, painted in a simple polychrome palette with small stylized flower sprigs, 22.8cm max. (2)

Two London delftware plates c.1720-40, one painted in red, green and blue with stylized flower sprigs in panels on a red hatched ground, the other with a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering branch, the rim with pinecone sprays, 22.7cm max. (2)

Three London delftware plates c.1720, variously painted in red, green and blue with panels of stylized flowers reserved on a hatched red ground, two with iron red numbers to the reverse, 22.5cm max. (3)

A small lobed delftware dish late 17th century, probably London, decorated with a stylized floral design echoed to the rim, 21.5cm.

A rare London delftware small plate late 17th century, simply decorated in blue and black with stylized flowers, the rim with a formal half mon design, some rim chipping, 22.5cm.

Thirty nine Chinese porcelain tiles mid 18th century, decorated after London delftware with monochrome vases of flowers, the corners with simple sprig designs, some wear, 12.5cm. (39) Cf. Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, p.63 pls.346 and 347 for the London originals and for a short discussion of the Chinese porcelain copies.

ENGLISH DELFTWARE PLATE, 18th century, inscribed "Willes. Popham & Liberty" in a leafy border, 23.5cm dia., and another Delftware plate inscribed "Sir Jno. Pole for ever 3754", on a sponged ground with reserves of Chinese figures fishing, 22.5cm dia. (2)Provenance: The first plate from JJ May, Kensington Church Street, London W8.Provenance: The Estate of the late Sir Edward du Cann KBE (1924-2017)

An English Delft Plate, probably London, circa 1750, painted in blue with birds perched in branches in a hexafoil panel on a powdered manganese ground, the rim painted in blue with four fish, 22cm diameter For other manganese ground plates painted with fish see Archer (Michael) Delftware, The Tin Glazed Earthernware of the British Isles, item B57 and the Colonial Williamsberg, Items 1955-312 and 1955-315. Typical minor rim chips and flakes. 110618

A large London delftware charger, c.1770-80, painted in blue with an arrangement of roses and other flowers, the rim with five panels of further flowers reserved on a hatched diaper ground, some glaze chipping, 35.5cm.

A pair of London delftware plates, c.1720, painted in blue, red and green with a formal design of fleur de lys motifs around a central flowerhead, the rim with foliate sprays, 22.3cm. (2)

A London delftware plate, c.1720, painted with two Chinese figures seated on a hillside beneath willow trees, the rim with a formal border in red, blue, green and yellow, some rim chipping, 22.6cm.

A London delftware plate, c.1710-20, painted in red, blue and green with a long-tailed bird perched on a flowering branch within a wide border of stylized floral panels on a diaper ground, some glaze chipping, 22.9cm.

A rare set of five London delftware dry drug or pill jars, c.1720, painted in blue with peacocks flanking baskets of fruit above inscribed banners, titled 'PL:COCHIÆ MINO', 'TROCH.CAPPAR', 'P:RUSSY', 'T:DECARRABE' and 'TROCH.ALKEK', some glaze chipping, 9.6cm. (5) The jars contained a variety of pills and lozenges used as purgatives, expectorants and sedatives, with ingredients including aloes, wild cherry, capers and scammony.

An early London delftware dry drug or pill jar, c.1680, painted with a bold blue cartouche above a fleur de lys and stylized garlands, inscribed 'P:ALEOPHAN', 9.5cm high. Pilulae alephanginae were scented pills made from aloes, cinnamon, nutmeg, rose petals and other ingredients used in the treatment of epilepsy, migraine and melancholy.

An English Delftware blue and white circular drainer, probably London, circa 1760, pierced with rows of circular and heart shaped holes and painted with flower sprays, 23.5cm diameter.Illustrated

A London blue and white delftware wall pocket: of D form with slightly concave back, painted with a Chinese figure standing behind a fence on the side of a lake, a man in a boat beyond, the lower terminal with sponged decoration, pierced for suspension, probably Lambeth, circa 1750-60, 20 cm high [minor glaze chips].* Notes Cf. Michael Archer 'Delftware/The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles' page 375 pl.1.23.

An early London or Brislington delftware charger, c.1660-80, the shallow form painted in a geometric design of stylized foliate motifs around a central design in blue and ochre, within blue line borders, 32.5cm.

A pair of delftware plates or shallow bowls, c.1720, possibly London, each painted in blue with a simplistic peacock perched on a leafy branch amidst clouds, within double line borders, 22cm. (2)

An early London delftware small plate or dish, c.1720, painted in manganese with a church beside a gate beneath tall trees, the cavetto with a simple dash border, 19.5cm.

A collection of pottery and ceramics reference books including The Green Frog Service, Cacklegoose Press, London, 1995, 30 of a limited 1000 copies, and Delftware by Michael Archer, London 1997, together with other similar 20th/21st century publications (Approximately 60)

A group of sixteen delftware tiles, English and Dutch, 17th/18th century, including a Dutch Delft polychrome floral tile, a London powder-blue ground tile, a Bristol manganese- ground tile, a pair of blue and white floral tiles, five biblical tiles and six others, (16).

Two London delftware tiles, c.1720-30, painted in blue with red and green highlights, one with Ceres holding a cornucopia and a stem of flowers, the other with a vase of flowers, reserved in octagonal panels on a sponged blue ground, with floral corners, some glaze chipping, 13cm. (2)

A London delftware charger, c.1770, painted in blue, manganese, green and yellow with a two storey pagoda beneath willow, the cavetto with floral panels and hatched diaper bands, echoed to the rim, 31.2cm.

Two delftware plates, 18th century, one probably Bristol and painted in the Kakiemon palette with a flowering plant to the well, the rim with flying insects around further flowers, blue numeral mark, the other London and painted with stylized flower sprays in black, blue, yellow and green, with a formal border, 23.3cm max. (2)

A pair of delftware plates, early 18th century, probably London, each painted in polychrome enamels with a vase and a censer of flowers within a floral panelled border, and two thickly potted Delft plates painted with stylized flowers and leaves, 23cm max. (4)

A delftware deep dish, 1st quarter 18th century, probably London, the well painted in blue with a central flowerhead and petal-shaped panels containing further flower sprays, the steep rim with a band of moulded gadroons, raised on a low foot, some restoration to the rim, 23.3cm.

Two London delftware plates, c.1700-20, the smaller Vauxhall and painted in blue with floral panels reserved on a hatched ground within a stylized leaf border, the other painted with flowering plants within a gadroon moulded rim, damages to the smaller plate, 22.1cm max. (2)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BLUE AND WHITE DELFTWARE MINIATURE CARTEL CLOCK having a 1.5" enamel dial with painted Arabic numerals fronting a small English spring driven movement signed to the back plate T. Martin, 131 Regent Street, London. 19cm high 13cm wide

TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE CHINOISERIE PLATES AND AN ANN GOMM PATTERN DISH, ALL LONDON, C1770 & C1792 22.5-30.5cm diam ++Small chinoiserie plate cracked, large chinoiserie plate broken and restuck, Ann Gomm dish with hairline crack and small rim chips, none with any restoration

A London Delft blue and white charger. Painted with a landscape incorporating a folly, sponged trees and a courting couple. Stilt marks under the rim c1770, 34.75cm diameter. The figures are copied from an engraving by Charles Albert von Lespiliez after François de Cuvilliés in Morceaux de Caprice. Cf. Frank Britton, London Delftware, p.161 for a similar example and a copy of the print. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Crazed. Some fritting and chips to the rim. Free from cracks, no repair.

A London Delft Pill Slab, circa 1740, of canted rectangular form painted in blue with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries over the motto OPIFER QUE PER ORBEM DICOR and the arms of the City of London, 27cm by 24cm See illustration For an example with very similar decoration see Archer (Michael) Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, pg.324, item J.23

A London delftware 'Admiral Keppel' plate: painted in blue with a head and shoulders portrait of the admiral within a circular panel edged with foliage, the rim inscribed in manganese 'Admiral Keppel For Ever' within a foliate border, circa 1780, 23 cm diameter [repaired].

THREE ENGLISH DELFTWARE PLATES, ONE LONDON OR LIVERPOOL, C1750-60, TWO LONDON C1770-80 painted in cobalt with a Peony and Fence pattern or chinaman standing beside a weeping tree, 22 & 19.5cm diam ++First plate with fine short hairline crack at 5 o'clock, the two similar plates with small rim chips, one also with faint star crack, no restoration

TWO ENGLISH DELFTWARE CHINOISERIE PLATES AND AN ANN GOMM PATTERN DISH, ALL LONDON, C1770 & C1792 22.5-30.5cm diam ++Small chinoiserie plate cracked, large chinoiserie plate broken and restuck, Ann Gomm dish with hairline crack and small rim chips, none with any restoration

An unusual Delftware comport, probably English of London manufacture c. 1700, painted with stylized flowers in blue, the front tin glazed, the back lead glazed.

A London delftware food warmer base c.1760-80, the cylindrical form with a shaped opening beneath a moulded mask, a further mask to the reverse, the sides with scrolled handles, painted with stylized foliate motifs, blue numeral 4 mark to the base, a faint rim crack, 18cm.

A London delftware bowl c.1705, brightly enamelled to the interior in shades of blue, green, yellow and red, with a bird perched on flowering branches within stylized borders, the exterior with a simple star and circle band, a section broken out and restored, 22.5cm dia. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, New York, Accession number 53.25a-c for a large bowl and cover with similar decoration, dated 1705.

An English Delft Urn, probably London, circa 1760, of bell shape with lion's mask handles on a circular foot, painted in blue with a lady and gentleman in landscape, a church in the background, 21cm high See illustration For similar examples see Archer (Michael) Delftware, The Tin Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, pg.370 and 371

An English Delft Drug Jar, possibly London, circa 1720, inscribed in blue U:ALB:CAMPH within a scroll label surmounted by a basket of flowers and two winged putti over a mask and flower swag, 18.5cm high See illustration For a similar polychrome example dated 1723 see Archer (Michael) Delftware, The Tin Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, pg.393, item K6

Three English Delftware plates and bowl, all blue and white, including London 1720 shallow bowl, diameter 19.5 cm. Largest diameter 29 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The bowl has restoration to the rim on a section measuring approximately 6 cm x 2 cm together with various other chips, cracks etc. The other items have aged related chips, crazing etc.

A rare Delft dated dish, probably London the centre painted with a large crown and dated '1682', the broad border with a continuous band of tulips and stylised foliage, decorated in blue and yellow, 33cm (13in) diameter Provenance: Collected by the present vendor's grandfather in the 1930's. Literature: For a Brislington charger also dated "1682" with a portrait of King Charles II, see Frank Burton "English Delftware in the Bristol Collection", colour plate 3.30, page 26. Another charger dated 1682 and also produced at the Brislington pottery is in the collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. This depicts Queen Catherine of Braganza flanked by 'K & R'. Other Notes: The significance of the 1682 date on a number of Delft pieces is uncertain. It could relate to the death of Prince Rupert of the Rhine who was a cousin of King Charles II and was Royalist commander during the English Civil War. He died at his house in Westminster on the 29th November 1682 and was a loyal supporter of the King.

A London delftware plate c.1730-40, painted in blue with a peacock standing beside stylized bamboo and holey rockwork, the rim with a series of broken curved lines, some glaze chipping, 22.5cm. Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.

Two London delftware tavern measures late 18th century, of ovoid form with incised necks and small strap handles, the bodies painted in blue with simple stylized floral motifs, 13cm. (2) 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 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.

An early London delftware low footed dish c.1670, with an unusually moulded rim of alternating ovals and gadroons, painted with tassels and demi foliate mons, the well with a Chinaman seated among rocks, a 5.5cm rim crack, 21.8cm. Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.

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.

A London blue and white delftware fuddling cup: in the form of three globular cups with cylindrical necks linked by intertwined handles, each painted with daisy like flowers and foliage, probably Southwark, mid 17th century, 13 cm wide, 9 cm high [minor chipping to rims].

A DELFTWARE COLANDER BOWL, LONDON, C1770 freely painted with peony in diaper border, 23cm diam ++The rim chipped and typical flaking of the rim, unrestored

A London delftware bowl c.1770, the exterior painted with five fish in blue and green enamels between sprays of red and green flowering branches, rim cracks, 22.7cm dia.

A London delftware plate c.1770-80, painted in blue with a couple promenading between buildings beneath tall sponged trees, a restored crack, 22.8cm.

An English delftware apothecary jar 18th century, probably London, the cylindrical body painted in blue with horizontal bands and a band of chain, some chipping to the rim, 14.2cm. Cf. Victoria and Albert Museum, Accession No. C.288-1912, for a near identical example.

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.

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.