English delftware pottery plate with a manganese border and polychrome centre in chinoiserie style 18th century

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£575

Dated: 1760 Lambeth London England

The pottery plate is tin-glazed with a manganese-purple border with insects, flowers, leaves, and scrolling stems etched through the powdered manganese pigment and painted yellow. The central panel is polychrome painted with a flying insect, flowers, and leaves issuing from a rocky base, the edge of the is painted brown.

Diameter: 9 inches

Current Condition: Fine condition with no restoration

Provenance: Collection of a gentleman in the Home Counties England.

Literature: Michael Archer DELFTWARE page 106 Frank Britton English Delftware in the Bristol Collection page 243 plate 15.25

£575    $776

Description

The pottery plate is tin-glazed with a manganese-purple border with insects, flowers, leaves, and scrolling stems etched through the powdered manganese pigment and painted yellow.
The central panel is polychrome painted with a flying insect, flowers, and leaves issuing from a rocky base, the edge of the is painted brown.