British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 19th September 2023
Lot 136
Eight delftware tiles, c.1720-80, two Biblical and painted in blue and manganese with Job Smitten
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £500
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Description
Eight delftware tiles, c.1720-80, two Biblical and painted in blue and manganese with Job Smitten with Boils, The Return of the Prodigal Son, another London and painted with a shipwreck showing figures hanging from the rigging, another with figures and dogs reclining in a landscape, the others with figures in landscape scenes, one Bristol in the Bowen manner, 13cm max. (8)
Provenance: from the collection of the late Jonathan Horne.
Illustrated: Jonathan Horne, English Tin-Glazed Tiles, fig.79 for the shipwreck tile; fig.115 for the Bowen manner tile; fig. 167 for the tile with the figure blowing the horn.