AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE-DASH TULIP CHARGER

Circa 1685, London

13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) diam.

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Of conventional form, painted in shades of green, orange, yellow, blue and ochre and outline in black with three symmetrically arranged tulips, two carnations, buds and thick leaves issuing from a grassy mound, below a yellow band and blue dashes, the underside covered in a tin-glaze, supported by a circular foot

Condition

Three faint cracks to the rim and two lesser cracks, only visible to the back.  These have been consolidated.  Two small chips to underside of rim and minor chipping to footrim. Overall good condition

 Notes

See Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, London, 2013, p. 39, no. A.59 for a similar charger from the Glaisher Collection, no. C.1498-1928.