Tin-glazed Earthenware Tartan Dish

Description:

Tin-glazed Earthenware TartanDish, England, c. 1740, probably Bristol, polychrome decorated with sponged and hand-painted designs including a wreath-like banded border surrounding an inner ring and foliate border, and with diamond-framed tartan reserve to center, dia. 12 7/8 in.

Provenance: The Troy Chappell Collection.

Literature: Illustrated in Ceramics in America-2001, The Chipstone Foundation, p. 196, fig. 13.
Estimate $700-900

5/8" rim chip; rim with typical glaze loss and abrasions.


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