John Sandon
Consultant
Lot 68
A good English delftware tulip charger, circa 1680
31 January 2019, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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A good English delftware tulip charger, circa 1680
Probably Brislington, painted in blue, green, yellow and orange, the three tulip flowers and slender leaves unusually contained within a vase, the striped jar flanked by stylised scrollwork, the blue dash rim edged with narrow yellow and blue bands, 34cm diam
Footnotes
Provenance:
Roger Warner Collection, Christie's sale 20 January 2009, lot 144
Exhibited:
The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2010-2018
A related example, attributed to Brislington, is discussed by Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), p.91, fig. A33 and colour pl.19. Archer identifies similarities of decoration that form part of a small group apart from the main tradition of flower chargers. All can be seen in the decoration of this dish, the inclusion of a vase, often striped with foliate handles, the fan-like arrangement of leaves, the blobs of colour at the tips of the leaves and the large flowerheads. These characteristics occur on fragments from Brislington. For further examples see Bernard Rackham, Catalogue of The Glaisher Collection (1987) pl 105, figs 1488 and 1486 and Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p 57, fig 3.21. A further very similar charger was sold by Bonhams 10 September 2008, lot 159.
