Delftware/Ceramics >> 18TH C ENGLISH DELFT CHARGER

An 18th Century English Delft Charger.

The broad inward sloping rim, surrounding a slightly dished centre.  The rear with a small foot rim.  The rim and centre painted with a continuous scene of ladies and gentlemen walking in open park land, near a river, upon which boats move.  The background with clusters of houses, a church, and hills rising in the distance.

See 'British Delft at Williamsburg' by John C Austin, also 'Dated English Delftware' by Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, and also 'English Delftware Pottery' by Anthony Ray.

Bristol c 1750.

Diameter 13 inches.