Dish, delftware, English, Liverpool, blue white butterfly 35cm 13 3/4" c1760
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Delightfully painted in soft tones of blue conveying the lightness and charm of Chinoiserie.
Painted with a chinoiserie landscape scene of a large peony growing behind a fence with a butterfly flying above. The rim with five floral sprays including the butterfly. Painted in blue and white on a blue glaze. In original condition. Probably Liverpool, third quarter of the 18th century.
Literature: Reference : English Delftware (Britton) plate 12.27.
Diameter 35cm., 13 3/4" height 4cm., 1 1/2"
18th Century
c1760
Earthenware
England
Designers
Chinoiserie (Of the period)
Hand-Painted
EXCELLENT. Wear consistent with age and use.
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