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.

Additional information

Dimensions 6.75 × 6.75 × 3.5 in