English delftware polychrome plate with image of a cockerel. Bristol mid 18th century

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£3950

Dated: 1740 Bristol England

This delftware pottery plate is polychrome with an image of a rooster standing between sponge-decorated manganese-colored trees with a flock of birds in flight. The plate is part of a group of wares from the Bristol Delftworks known as The Farmyard Series, and this is one of the best and most striking examples.

Diameter: 9 inches

Current Condition: The plate has minor fritting at the rim and has no restoration

Literature: Page 84 plate 58 in Fair as China Dishes.....English Delftware by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan

£3950    $4542

Description

This delftware pottery plate is polychrome with an image of a rooster standing between sponge-decorated manganese-colored trees with a flock of birds in flight. The plate is part of a group of wares from the Bristol Delftworks known as The Farmyard Series, and this is one of the best and most striking examples.