English delftware pottery charger polychrome decorated in the Niglett style Bristol 18th century

Ref: 6748 Category:

£2200

Dated: 1735 Limekiln Lane Bristol England

A good English delftware charger polychrome decorated with a chinoiserie scene in the John and Esther Niglett style and from the Limekiln Lane Bristol Pottery. The center shows a Chinaman dressed in a red jacket seated by a rock on a terrace overlooking a lake. The rim is a repeated stylized array of flowers. The back of the piece has alternating O and ll motifs in blue, a feature related to the Bristol Pottery. NOTE. An almost identical piece is in the Warren Collection at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford.

Diameter: 13 inches

Current Condition: In exceptionally clean condition with minor fritting at the rim and no restorations

Provenance: Private collection London

Literature: Page 188 English Delftware in the Bristol Collection by Frank Britton. Page 208 DELFTWARE by Michael Archer illustrates a similar piece with the same border decoration. Plate 75 English Delftware Pottery ( The Warren Collection) by Anthony Ray.

£2200    $2970

Description

A good English delftware charger polychrome decorated with a chinoiserie scene in the John and Esther Niglett style and from the Limekiln Lane Bristol Pottery.
The center shows a Chinaman dressed in a red jacket seated by a rock on a terrace overlooking a lake. The rim is a repeated stylized array of flowers.
The back of the piece has alternating O and ll motifs in blue, a feature related to the Bristol Pottery.
NOTE. An almost identical piece is in the Warren Collection at the Ashmolean Museum Oxford.