Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 25th February 2014
Lot 380
A London delftware twelve tile panel c.1730-40
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £980
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Description
A London delftware twelve tile panel c.1730-40, painted in blue and depicting birds in flight above a tall tree, a flag flying from a castellated tower in the bottom right corner, set in an old lead mount, 51cm x 38cm overall.
These 12 tiles formed part of a larger panel, which would probably have been made for a specific building. Similar examples can be found in the Allen Gallery, Alton, the Saffron Walden Museum, and illustrated in Jonathan Horne, Tin-Glazed Tiles, p.121, and Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, pl.11.