An unusual small delftware flower brick c.1760

An unusual small delftware flower brick c.1760, probably Liverpool, the shallow rectangular form painted in blue to the long sides with swans swimming before a bridge and buildings, the short sides with a figure in a boat, raised on four shaped feet, the inside divided into three compartments with internal walls, the top pierced with an arrangement of 16 small holes around a central aperture, edged in blue, some restoration, 12.5cm across.

Provenance: acquired from Christie's, 29th March 1971, lot 22.

Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, p.104 no.7.27 for an identical example.