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Lot 59

A good English delftware tulip charger, circa 1680

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A good English delftware tulip charger, circa 1680

Probably Brislington, painted in blue, green, yellow and orange, the three tulip flowers and slender leaves unusually contained within a vase, the striped jar flanked by stylised scrollwork, the blue dash rim edged with narrow yellow and blue bands, 34cm diam

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Provenance
Roger Warner Collection, Christie's sale, 20 January 2009, lot 144
Pelham Olive Collection

Exhibited
The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2010-18

A related example attributed to Brislington is discussed by Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), p.91, fig.A33 and col. pl.19. Archer identifies similarities in decoration that form part of a small group separate from the main tradition of flower chargers. All can be seen in the decoration of this dish, including the inclusion of a vase, often striped with foliate handles, the fan-like arrangement of leaves, the blobs of colour at the tips of the leaves and the large flowerheads. These characteristics occur on fragments from Brislington. For further examples see Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection (1987) pl.105, figs.1486 and 1488 and Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p.57, fig.3.21. Another very similar charger was sold by Bonhams on 10 September 2008, lot 159.

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