English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th October 2009

Lot 446

A Bristol Delftware polychrome plate

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £90

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Description

A Bristol Delftware polychrome plate, painted in shades of blue, green, yellow and manganese with an Oriental lady seated on a branch of a tree, holding a flat fan, within a hatched and bamboo border, c.1760, a 2cm rim chip, 22.5cm. Cf. John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, p.174 for similar examples from the Temple Back factory.