Plate
Dateca. 1760
OriginEngland, Bristol
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft / delftware)
DimensionsDiam: 9 1/8"; H: 1"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1969-283,1
DescriptionPlate with incised foot ring. Blue tin glaze decorated with 2 cocks, a chick, and a peony branch growing from a gnarled root; on the rim, 3 repeats of a flower and leaf spray. Chickens and large flowers in yellow and orange, leaves in mixed green, pomegranate-like fruit in blue, and root and small flowers in manganese. On the reverse, 3 stylized sprays in blue on the rim.InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
ProvenanceChristies & Co.
Mr. Simpson
Tilley & Co. London
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