Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 28th February 2017

Lot 195

Three Liverpool delftware tiles c.1760-70

Estimate £300 - £400

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Description

Three Liverpool delftware tiles c.1760-70, printed in black by John Sadler, the first with a street scene of child actors begging and performing for street vendors and two ladies looking out of a window, one with a gentleman doffing his hat to two ladies, after a scene from the Ladies Amusement, the last with a couple beside a see-saw, the last broken and restuck, 12.8cm. (3)

Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, nos. 647, 720 and 643.

Provenance: from the collection of Elizabeth Adams.