Tin-glazed Earthenware Flowerpot

Description:

Tin-glazed Earthenware Flowerpot, England, c. 1730, probably London, affixed domed cover to a Chinese rice bowl shape, the large center hole bordered with twelve small holes, all blue decorated with flowerheads and scrolled vines, the bowl with repetitions of flowerheads and leaves, dia. 6 1/4, ht. 4 in.

Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection; Garry Atkins.

Literature: Similar illustrated in English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, by Britton, illus. 12.19.
Estimate $500-700

Bowl rim with discolored repair; scattered glaze loss to rim and foot.


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