Lot 423
COLLECTION OF POLYCHROME DELFT PLATES
18TH CENTURY
Auction: Lots 354 - 549 | 16 May at 10am
Description
comprising a plate decorated with a sponged shrub in a pot, F H Garner label to the reverse; a plate with similar sponged foliate decoration with double concentric bands on the rim; a plate painted to the centre with a swan with a manganese band on the rim; a plate, probably Lambeth, painted in green, blue and manganese enamels with an architectural and landscape scene, with a stylised foliate border to the rim; a Lambeth plate painted to the centre with three flowers with stylised floral details on the border; a plate with overglaze enamel Chinese inspired decoration depicting a peony, weeping willow and fencework, Gary Atkins label to the reverse; and a Dutch plate profusely painted in blue, green and ochre with stylised floral designs, inscribed 5 to the reverse; and a plate painted in manganese with a weeping willow and foliage by the water, with stylised motifs and Chinese characters on the rim (8)
Dimensions
22-23cm diameter
Provenance
Provenance: The Collection of Michael Archer OBE FSA (1936-2022), Keeper, Ceramics and Glass Department, Victoria & Albert Museum, London