British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 22nd January 2026
Lot 1125
AN IRISH DELFTWARE TAZZA
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £508
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Description
AN IRISH DELFTWARE TAZZA
DUBLIN, C.1760
painted in the chinoiserie style with an exotic bird and flowering foliage inside an elaborate Worcester porcelain style border, on a short foot, blue painted 'NE' to the base
27.8cm diameter
Provenance
The Ida Clarke Collection, inventory number 47.
Catalogue Note
Please see Peter Francis, Irish Delftware - an illustrated history, pp. 71-74 for a discussion on the 'NE' and other monograms found on Dublin delftware.
Two paper labels attached to the underside of the tazza suggest that the comport was made in the Henry Delamain Factory.