A London delftware 'Farmyard' plate, circa 1720
The plate of flat profile without a footrim, painted in blue with a cockerel standing on a small mound between distinctive 'sponged' trees, further sponged vegetation in the foreground, within a border of concentric lines, 21.8cm diam, indistinct potter's mark in blue
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Provenance:The Sampson and Horne Collection, Bonhams sale 28 April 2010, lot 339This plate differs from the usual 'Farmyard Series' in the use of blue alone rather than colours and manganese for the sponged trees. A related plate, also just in blue depicts a goose in a very similar composition and was marked with a potter's mark in a similar manner, see Sampson and Horne's exhibition catalogue, 2007, fig. 07/04.