English & European Ceramics & Glass - 24th November 2015

Lot 248

A pair of Bristol delftware plates c.1760

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £450

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Description

A pair of Bristol delftware plates c.1760, painted in the Bowen manner, each with two ladies beneath tall sponged trees in a European landscape, 22.8cm. (2)

Cf. Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, pp 276-297 for a discussion of the Bowen style of painting.

Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.