The Warner Collection of British Delftware - 17th September 2019
Lot 85
A pair of delftware plates c.1740-60
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £160
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Description
A pair of delftware plates c.1740-60, probably Lambeth, of simple shape, each painted with a potted plant with sponged manganese leaves, within a continuous leaf and berry border in green, red and blue, and another plate of similar shape painted in blue and manganese with a central flower, one plate broken and restuck, 22.8cm. (3)
Provenance: respectively acquired from Sotheby's, 9th January 1973, lot 21; and Puttick & Simpson, 22nd November 1967, lot 56 (part), with a paper label for the W L Little Collection.
Cf. Bonhams, Sampson and Horne; Defining the British Vernacular, 28th April 2010, lot 395 for a similar plate to the pair.