Country Americana
Description:
Tin-glazed Earthenware Drainer, England, c. 1770, probably London, circular convex shape with pierced small holes surrounding a large center hole, blue decorated with flowers, foliage, and insects surrounding a central radiating daisy, dia. 11 7/8 in.
Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; Garry Atkins.
Literature: Similar illustrated in The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, by L. Grigsby, Vol. 2, p. 219, illus. D194.
Estimate $400-600
Age typical scattered glaze wear and abrasions to rim.
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