The Warner Collection of British Delftware - 17th September 2019
Lot 79
Nine delftware Biblical tiles mounted as two panels c.1720-40
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £100
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Description
Nine delftware Biblical tiles mounted as two panels c.1720-40, the first panel containing four tiles, the second five, variously painted in manganese, one in blue, with scenes including the Death of Jezebel, the Disobedient Prophet, Abraham and Isaac, the Rich Man and Lazarus, the Prodigal Son, Jonah and the Whale and Rebecca at the Well, both mounted in later painted wooden frames, some damages, 70.6cm overall max. (2)
Provenance: the smaller panel acquired from Sotheby's, 24th July 1984, formerly in the collection of Louis L Lipski.