DELFT POLYCHROME CHARGER



DECORATED WITH A PARROT, ROCKWORK, SUGAR APPLES, AND FLOWERS

Reference: Please see John C. Austin British Delft at Williamsburg, plate 323, page 178 and Michael Archer Delftware: the Tin -Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, page 197 (B.175). Quite a few of these plates are still in existence so it must have been a popular design in its day. The Victoria and Albert Museum and Historic Deerfield are a few of the museums which own examples. We are told that the "pine cones" on the rim are actually sugar apples from the Caribbean and South America which fits with the use of exotic birds like the parrot used by English delft potters in their Chinoiserie designs.

Item Number: 7194



Dealer Bernard & S. Dean Levy
Date: Circa 1765
Origin London, Probably Lambeth
Artist/Maker
Measurements Diameter: 13 1/2 inches
Inventory View Dealer's Inventory
Website http://www.levygalleries.com
Price $950.
Contact Frank Levy, (212) 628-7088 or  bsdlinc@gmail.com

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