An English delftware fluted bowl, circa 1715-20
Probably Bristol, unusually moulded with eighteen vertical flutes, painted in dark blue with a lambrequin border above repeating Chinese plants, the interior with a heron among aquatic plants, concentric bands around the footrim, 25.5cm diam
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Provenance:With Mark and Marjorie AllenSyd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 3 November 2011, lot 206Literature:Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D309Fluted bowls are surprisingly uncommon in English delftware. These required moulds to be carved whereas plain bowls were simply thrown on a potters wheel.