Live Auction 6217Christie's Interiors - Masters & Makers
TWO ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TWO-HANDLED SPICE JARS AND COVERS
Lot 551

TWO ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TWO-HANDLED SPICE JARS AND COVERS

CIRCA 1730, PROBABLY BRISTOL

Closed19 June 2012

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GBP 1,750

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TWO ENGLISH DELFT BLUE AND WHITE TWO-HANDLED SPICE JARS AND COVERS
CIRCA 1730, PROBABLY BRISTOL
Of double ogee form applied with twisted handles, painted with birds perched on branches and stylised fruit, one with quadruple dots, the other with six-pointed stars, with conforming domed covers
5½ in. (14 cm.) across handles (2)

Specialist note

See Frank Britton English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (London, 1982) p. 136, no. 9.32 for a jar and cover which bears stylistic similarities to both items in this lot.