Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 12th February 2013
Lot 44
An English delftware tulip charger c.1660
Estimate £1,800 - £2,500 | Hammer £2400
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Description
An English delftware tulip charger c.1660, probably London, boldly painted with three large flowers in shades of yellow, ochre, manganese, blue and green, with further flowers and foliage inbetween, with a blue dash rim, two rim sections broken and cleanly restored, 37cm.
Cf. Michael Archer, The Dating of Delftware Chargers, ECC Transactions Vol. 11 part 2, pp.118-9 and pl.53b, and Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum by the same author, p.30 for a very similar example attributed to Rotherhithe.