English delftware dish polychrome decorated with a bird in foliage 18th century

Ref: 52964 Category:

£3850

Dated: 1750 Bristol England

A fine polychrome English delftware dish decorated rim to rim with an exotic bird perched among flowers, leaves, and bamboo while a flying insect hovers above. The painting is yellow, green, manganese, and blue, completed with a delicate, soft blue glaze. The dish is part of a distinctive and highly decorative group of wares painted in a similar style, featuring birds, flying insects, a sizeable daisy-like flower, and bamboo. Another dish of this pattern is available, a slightly smaller version, 12 Inches in diameter. Ref: 52857

Diameter: 13.5 inches

Current Condition: Fine condition with minor fritting at the rim

Provenance: Private Collection Sussex England

Literature: Page 195 figure reference 169 DELFTWARE in the Victoria and Albert Museum London by Michael Archer.

£3850    $5197

Description

A fine polychrome English delftware dish decorated rim to rim with an exotic bird perched among flowers, leaves, and bamboo while a flying insect hovers above. The painting is yellow, green, manganese, and blue, completed with a delicate, soft blue glaze. The dish is part of a distinctive and highly decorative group of wares painted in a similar style, featuring birds, flying insects, a sizeable daisy-like flower, and bamboo.

Another dish of this pattern is available, a slightly smaller version, 12 Inches in diameter. Ref: 52857