British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 22nd January 2026
Lot 1141
A COLLECTION OF FIVE DELFTWARE POLYCHROME DECORATED PLATES
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £483
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A COLLECTION OF FIVE DELFTWARE POLYCHROME DECORATED PLATES
ENGLISH, 18TH CENTURY
comprising: one painted with a chicken, cockerel and a chick in a rock garden, one of a lady dancing before a seated man before trees, one of a chinoiserie rock garden of including bamboo behind a red fence, one with floral sprigs in the Fazackerly palette and one with a pagoda and a tree on an island, another in the background (5)
23.8cm diameter (max)
Provenance
The plate with a dancing lady was acquired from Jonathan Horne Antiques.
The Ida Clarke Collection, inventory numbers 41, 44, 17, 77 and 46.
Catalogue Note
In Jonathan Horne's book 'Fair as China Dishes', he refers to the design with the dancing lady as 'Miss Nancy Dawson Dancing the Hornepipe'.