Floral-decorated Dated Tin-glazed Earthenware Plate

Description:

Floral-decorated Dated Tin-glazed Earthenware Plate, Bristol, England, dated 1728, the blue floral decoration surrounding the initials and date "MF/1728," dia. 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Benjamin Ginsburg, New York, advertised in The Magazine Antiques, April 1977, p. 639; Lillian Cogan, Farmington, Connecticut, December 1978.

Literature: Illustrated and described in Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware: Tin-Glazed Earthenware, 1600-1800 (London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 1984),no. 349.
Estimate $700-900

Minor glaze loss at rim, but no obvious cracks or evidence of repair.


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