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English Delftware
The term “delftware” is used to describe tin-glazed earthenware which was copied by the English from the Dutch and were the most popular form of domestic and decorative pottery mainly from the mid 17th century to the end of the 18th century. The ware was relatively affordable and replaced the use of pewter. The blue, green, orange-yellow, red and purple colors employed were derived from mineral pigments.
Early delftware workshops were established in Southwark London which employed Netherlandish workers at the Pickle Herring Quay pottery. Other delftware workshops formed in London also followed in centers such as Bristol, Liverpool, Wincanton, Glasgow, and Belfast. Production of both utility and decorative items such as plates, chargers, jugs, tankards, tiles, flower bricks, vases, and apocathery ware formed the catalog. Perhaps the most iconic is the blue dash border chargers with their striking vibrant images of The Temptation, Royal and Military personalities and the decorative types with flowers and foliage. Decoration of floral bouquets, tulips, oak leaves, fruits, animals, birds, building, ships, and fashionable chinoiserie scenes adorned much of the output.
Some of the images are truly artistic, often naively applied in an informal and fluid style, and when considered with the specific color palette make a highly stylized recognizable statement. “ A work of art on Pottery.”
The subject of Delftware automatically leads to referencing and acknowledging Louis L. Lipski, Michael Archer and Jonathan Horne, who contributed so much with their research and promotion.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- Dated English Delftware by Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer
- Delftware ( Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge) by Michael Archer.
- Delftware ( The Collection in the V and A Museum London ) by Michael Archer.
- British Delft at Williamsburg by John C. Austin
- The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware Volume 2. DELFTWARE by LeslieB. Grigsby
- The Exhibition catalogues of Jomathan Horne.
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English delftware pottery plate with a manganese border with five blue fish circa 1750
£2350$2702
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An English delftware blue and white Merryman plate probably London, dated 1720
£4450$5117
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English delftware pottery shallow dish commemorating the balloon accent of Lunardi in 1784
£2350$2702
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London delftware Royalty blue dash charger 17th century England
£6500$7474
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A pair of Delftware pottery chargers from the Bristol Delftworks of two birds in a garden setting 18th century England
£5850$6727
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English delftware polychrome decorated large posett pot early 18th century Bristol
£3650$4197
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Bristol delftware blue and white plate with peacock and trees from the farmyard series mid18thc England
£2650$3047
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Rare English London Delftware polychrome Merry Man plate circa 1720
£4850$5577
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English delftware tile with hand painted image of a lioness in manganese, 18th century probably Bristol.
£585$672
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English delftware dish with blue and white chinoiserie decoration Bristol circa 1750
£1175$1351
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A London Delfware Wine bottle inscribed in blue SACK 1648 .
£5850$6727
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A rare London Delftware fuddling cup circa 1635
£4850$5577
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A rare small sized English delftware posset pot in blue and white circa 1700
£3450$3967
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English delftware polychrome decorated tile painted with bird mid 18th century Liverpool
£685$787
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English delftware pottery dish painted in blue with image of a bird Brislington Circa 1690
£2650$3047
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Royal portrait delftware shallow delftware dish of King William and Queen Mary late 17th century London.
£4750$5462