Large English delftware pottery plate manganese ground with four fish in the border. c1750 period.

Ref: 4914 Category:

£4850

Dated: 1750 Bristol or Wincanton England

An exceptional quality large English delftware plate. The central blue and white indented panel is a chinoiserie garden scene with a figure seated in a garden whilst a bird flies overhead. The plate has a good manganese color ground, the border decorated with four artistically painted blue and white-colored fish. The back of this very rare plate bears the number 4 applied in blue.

Diameter: 10 inches

Current Condition: Exceptional

Literature: Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection published 1982

£4850    $6547

Description

An exceptional quality large English delftware plate. The central blue and white indented panel is a chinoiserie garden scene with a figure seated in a garden whilst a bird flies overhead. The plate has a good manganese color ground, the border decorated with four artistically painted blue and white-colored fish. The back of this very rare plate bears the number 4 applied in blue.