Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

An English delftware food warmer base c.1760-70, of cylindrical form with a shaped opening beneath a moulded mask, painted in blue with leafy bamboo issuing from larger leaves at the sides of the opening, the reverse with peony and further bamboo beside rockwork, numeral mark to the interior, some damages, 16cm.

Paper label relating the object to the Onians Collection.

Provenance: from a private collection in Surrey.