A Bristol or Brislington delftware Tulip charger, circa 1730-40
Painted in the centre with a large single tulip flanked by two stylised flowers and green grasses, within concentric line borders enclosing a formal stylised pattern of striped yellow fruits and blue and green foliage, the everted edge with a blue-dash rim, the underside tin glazed, 33.5cm diam
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Provenance:The Sampson and Horne Collection, Bonhams sale 28 April 2010, lot 73An example of this well known type, in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware (1997), fig.A40. Archer notes that a fragment of the border of a related charger was found by Pountney in Brislington. See also Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum (2013), figs. A70/A71. Two very similar chargers were in the Liane Richards Collection, Bonhams sale 13 April 2016, lot 31.