English and European Ceramics and Glass - 23rd May 2017
Lot 116
Three Liverpool delftware tiles c.1760-70
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £130
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Description
Three Liverpool delftware tiles c.1760-70, printed in black by John Sadler, one with a shepherd surprising a sleeping shepherdess, one with a gentleman helping a lady to fasten her ice-skate, with a partial signature, the last of a peasant offering a birdcage to a lady and child seated beneath a tree, the last broken and restuck, 13cm. (3)
The tile with the ice-skater derives from Lancret's Winter. Cf. Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles, nos. 625, 635 and 732.