The Warner Collection of British Delftware - 17th September 2019

Lot 117

A Bristol delftware plate mid 18th century

Estimate £100 - £200

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Description

A Bristol delftware plate mid 18th century, painted in blue with small buildings and trees in an island landscape, the cavetto with flower panels reserved on a hatched diaper ground, the underside inscribed 'S W A', and a small Lambeth dish or shallow bowl, painted with a low hut beneath a gnarled tree beside cannon ball rocks, some chipping, 23cm max. (2)

Provenance: respectively acquired from Christie's, 5th April 1965, lot 79 (part), formerly in the collection of Sir Gilbert Mellor; and Sotheby's, 2nd March 1965, lot 42 (part), formerly in the collection of F H Garner.