Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 23 Feb 2016
An Irish delftware plate mid 18th century
An Irish delftware plate mid 18th century, decorated with bamboo and flowering peony beside an ornamental fence, the rim with narrow panels on a hatched diaper ground, painted numeral 17 mark to the base, some rim faults, 23.3cm.
Cf. Peter Francis, Irish Delftware, p.85 for similar examples copied directly from a Chinese porcelain original.