London delftware butter bowl polychrome colours and a spike at base, early 18th century England

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£990

Dated: 1720 London England

An unusual and rare English delftware pottery bowl decorated with flowers and leaves in polychrome colours. There is a one inch high spike in the base of the bowl which is thought to hold a pat of butter. The cover to this bowl maybe lacking. Shards have been excavated by the Southward and Lambeth Archaeological Society on the site of the Vauxhall Delftworks London.

Dimensions: 3.5 inches high, 6.75 inches wide, 6.75 inches long

Current Condition: Cracks to body professionally and invisible repaired.

Literature: ( re page 265 Michael Archer Delftware at the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge England) Page 122 figure reference 8.47 Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection.

£990    $1336

Description

An unusual and rare English delftware pottery bowl decorated with flowers and leaves in polychrome colours. There is a one inch high spike in the base of the bowl which is thought to hold a pat of butter. The cover to this bowl maybe lacking.
Shards have been excavated by the Southward and Lambeth Archaeological Society on the site of the Vauxhall Delftworks London.