The pair of Delftware pottery chargers are polychrome decorated with images of bird perched in foliage. Bristol c1750

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£6850

Dated: 1750 Bristol England

This pair of delftware pottery chargers made at the Bristol Delftworks in the mid 18th century decorated in polychrome with a bird perched amongst foliage and flowers with a trellis fence in the foreground. The decoration spills over into the border, which also features a flying insect. The dish belongs to a group painted with birds, flowers, and insects on a romantic chinoiserie inspired garden setting within this specific color palette and style of decoration. They are one of the most exciting and decorative examples produced by the Bristol Pottery in the 18th century and are in remarkably good condition with no restorations.

Diameter: 13 inches

Literature: Page 195 Delftware, The catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum London By Michael Archer. Also illustrated ( an identical charger) in the Collection of Marion and Brian Morgan , by Archer and Morgan. Other examples from this group are located in the Rijkmuseum Amsterdam

£6850    $9247

Description

This pair of delftware pottery chargers made at the Bristol Delftworks in the mid 18th century decorated in polychrome with a bird perched amongst foliage and flowers with a trellis fence in the foreground.
The decoration spills over into the border, which also features a flying insect.
The dish belongs to a group painted with birds, flowers, and insects on a romantic chinoiserie inspired garden setting within this specific color palette and style of decoration.
They are one of the most exciting and decorative examples produced by the Bristol Pottery in the 18th century and are in remarkably good condition with no restorations.