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English Delftware
The term “delftware” is used to describe tin-glazed earthenware which was copied by the English from the Dutch and were the most popular form of domestic and decorative pottery mainly from the mid 17th century to the end of the 18th century. The ware was relatively affordable and replaced the use of pewter. The blue, green, orange-yellow, red and purple colors employed were derived from mineral pigments.
Early delftware workshops were established in Southwark London which employed Netherlandish workers at the Pickle Herring Quay pottery. Other delftware workshops formed in London also followed in centers such as Bristol, Liverpool, Wincanton, Glasgow, and Belfast. Production of both utility and decorative items such as plates, chargers, jugs, tankards, tiles, flower bricks, vases, and apocathery ware formed the catalog. Perhaps the most iconic is the blue dash border chargers with their striking vibrant images of The Temptation, Royal and Military personalities and the decorative types with flowers and foliage. Decoration of floral bouquets, tulips, oak leaves, fruits, animals, birds, building, ships, and fashionable chinoiserie scenes adorned much of the output.
Some of the images are truly artistic, often naively applied in an informal and fluid style, and when considered with the specific color palette make a highly stylized recognizable statement. “ A work of art on Pottery.”
The subject of Delftware automatically leads to referencing and acknowledging Louis L. Lipski, Michael Archer and Jonathan Horne, who contributed so much with their research and promotion.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- Dated English Delftware by Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer
- Delftware ( Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge) by Michael Archer.
- Delftware ( The Collection in the V and A Museum London ) by Michael Archer.
- British Delft at Williamsburg by John C. Austin
- The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware Volume 2. DELFTWARE by LeslieB. Grigsby
- The Exhibition catalogues of Jomathan Horne.
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English delftware Royal Commemorative William and Mary blue and white plate London 17th century
£4850$6547
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London delftware Royalty blue dash charger 17th century England
£6500$8775
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Rare English London Delftware polychrome Merry Man plate circa 1720
£4850$6547
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English delftware pottery plate with figures in landscape 18th century Liverpool
£1450$1957
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English delftware blue and white flower brick with oriental flowers and pagoda decoration mid 18th century
£950$1282
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London delftware blue and white ornately formed sweet meat dish Lambeth England circa 1770
£885$1194
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English delftware blue dash charger of the Temptation of Adam and Eve, Brislington circa 1680
£5550$7492
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English delftware blue dash charger with tulips and carnations 17th century
£5750$7762
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English delftware blue decorated tile with a theatrical scene probably London mid 18th century
£350$472
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English delftware tile with cherub corner motifs with a painted Lakeland scene Liverpool mid 18th century
£375$506
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English delftware tile manganese and blue with scene of a naval battle. mid 18th century
£345$465
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Antique English delftware pottery char dish,Liverpool or Lancaster mid 18th century
£2850$3847
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English delftware tile angel head corners manganese and blue decorated mid 18th century
£285$384
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English delftware pottery flower brick decorated in blue with a floral and insect chinoiserie style 18th century
£885$1194
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English delftware dish with blue and white chinoiserie decoration Bristol circa 1750
£1175$1586
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English delftware pottery blue and white charger decorated with a boating scene 18th century.
£885$1194