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Lot 149

Six rare English delftware Flower Vase tiles, circa 1725-50

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

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Six rare English delftware Flower Vase tiles, circa 1725-50

One London tile of unusually large size, entirely in blue with carnation corners, 15.3cm wide, a Bristol tile in red, green and blue with 'Quarter Rosette' corners, another from Bristol with a pale manganese ground, and three London tiles with various coloured powder grounds of blue, green and brick red, 12-12.7cm wide (6)

Footnotes

Provenance
With Jonathan Horne (largest tile and manganese tile)
With Sampson & Horne (green tile)
Graham Slater Collection

The manganese-ground tile is illustrated by Jonathan Horne, English Tin-glazed Tiles (1989), p.63, fig.343, where it is noted that wasters of similar tiles were excavated at Bristol pottery sites. The very large tile is a curiosity and may be from a single set. Another example is illustrated by Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles (1973), no.242.

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