Tin-glazed Earthenware Fern Dish

Description:

Tin-glazed Earthenware FernDish, England, c. 1740, probably Bristol, blue decorated with a floral rim and radiating ferns surrounding flowerheads and central wheel, dia. 13 1/8 in.

Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection.

Literature: Similar illustrated in Delftware by Archer, illus. B.167.
Estimate $400-600

Heavy glaze loss and chipping surrounding the rim.


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