The Warner Collection of British Delftware - 17th September 2019
Lot 77
Six delftware biblical tiles c.1730-50
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £300
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Description
Six delftware biblical tiles c.1730-50, painted in blue with varying scenes including Rahab helping the spies to escape, David returning with Goliath's head, the Annunciation and St Paul escaping from Damascus, mounted in a later wooden frame inscribed 'From Hazard House, Newport', 43.2cm overall.
Provenance: acquired from Sotheby's 24th July 1984, Believed to have been in the collection of Sir Cyril Fred Fox, archaeologist. Removed from Hazard's House, Newport, Isle of Wight in 1901 during alterations by the then owner, George Thomas Gubbins. Possibly formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski.