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A London delftware plate of William and Mary head and shoulder portraits inscribed 'W M R', measuring 22cm.

Blue and white export ‘Burghley House’ dishChinese, circa 1740finely decorated in the well with a central scene depicting a Tudor-style multi-storeyed mansion surrounded by an expansive lawn, a hovering pheasant and a further one perched on a pine tree, all within a floral strapwork at the rim, 32cm diam.Provenance: A private English collection via a deceased Estate.Phillips, London, 21st January, 1981, lot 250Notes: Burghley House, built between 1555 and 1587 for William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520–1598), served as the residence of Queen Elizabeth I’s (r. 1558–1603) chief advisor. Cecil held the position of Secretary of State twice (1550–1553 and 1558–1572) and became Lord High Treasurer in 1572. The house itself is a celebrated example of Tudor architecture and is home to an esteemed art collection, particularly notable for its Chinese and Japanese export porcelains, as well as European and English ceramics. Depictions of Burghley House also feature on English delftware, showcasing compositions inspired by Chinese designs but typically without birds or ornamental borders. The source of these designs is believed to be a print by Johannes Kip (1653–1722) in Nouveau Théater de la Grande Bretagne (1715), based on a drawing by Leonard Knyff (1650–1722).A nearly identical blue and white dish depicting Burghley House, circa 1745, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 19 May 2021, lot 272. See also two blue and white oval platters, circa 1740, decorated with an identical design as the present lot, in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (inv. no. E81797) illustrated by W.Sargent, Treasures of Chinese Export Ceramics From the Peabody Essex Museum, New Haven, 2012, p.139, cat.no.47. Minor firing imperfections, tiny nicks and some surface wear. Hair crack.

A London delftware tavern measure, c.1780-90, naively decorated with a sponged blue floral design beneath a ribbed neck, 16.5cm.Cf. Frank Britton, London Delftware, p.169 for a similar example.

Four rare London delftware wine or bin labels, c.1780, of coathanger form, including a pair numbered 16 and 17, two others numbered 11 and 13 respectively, 13.6cm. (4)Cf. John C Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, p.113, no.117.

A London delftware charger, c.1700-20, painted in blue, red and green with an insect in flight above a bird standing beside flowering plants, within a panelled rim or further flower sprays, beneath the rim with O and star marks in blue, broken and repaired, 33.5cm.Old paper label for Sampson & Horne Antiques.

A small delftware lobed dish, c.1700, London or Brislington, painted in manganese and yellow with a Chinese figure seated in a garden, the scene repeated twice to the rim, raised on a low circular foot, restored cracks, 22cm.

A rare part set of four London delftware wine or bin labels, c.1780, of coathanger form, each decorated in manganese with consecutive numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10, some crazing, 13.5cm. (4)Cf. John C Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, p.113, no.117.

A rare London delftware pill jar, c.1725, the small ovoid form painted in blue with birds on branches flanking a basket of fruit above a cartouche inscribed 'P. RETRING', above an angel mask, minor glaze chipping, 9.8cm.

A London delftware syrup jar, circa 1700-20Of ovoid shape, painted in blue with a strapwork label inscribed with 'O:MENTHÆ' surmounted by a basket of fruit flanked by songbirds, an angel's head and pendent floral tassels below, the numeral '32' painted in blue to the underside of the base, the spout accommodating a cork stopper, lacking its handle, 18.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceG Peck & Son Ltd, Chemists, CambridgeGraham Slater CollectionOleum Menthae or oil of mint 'stops vomiting, and strengthens the stomach, it being anointed therewith', according to The London Dispensatory published in 1694.Wet drug jars of oviform shape are relatively scarce in English delftware.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware spice jar, circa 1700-20Bristol or London, of acorn shape, the loop handles with coiled terminals, painted in blue, red, yellow and green with birds and sponged trees, within dense and vibrant borders, 14.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Martyn Edgell, 2013Graham Slater CollectionSometimes referred to as ginger jars, the intended function of these vessels is unclear. The distinctive, small handles are quite inadequate for carrying and perhaps accommodated string to secure a cover. See a related jar with its cover in the Longridge Collection, illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby (2000), D127. The acorn shape was popular at this date as a turned knop on silver, furniture and wine glasses, see lot 168 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware posset pot, circa 1690Probably Brislington, of bellied form, the strap handles with rolled lower terminals, painted in blue with highly stylised chinoiserie landscapes, including two seated Chinese figures, one holding a tall vase, 12.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 1979Graham Slater CollectionWhile this style of painting was also popular in London, the strong bluish-green tint to the glaze points to a Brislington origin for this posset pot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Four early English delftware paving tiles, end 16th or early 17th centuryA pair of London tiles, possibly Aldgate Pothouse, painted in ochre, green and blue with a dancing bear standing in a roundel, the concentric frames banded in blue and manganese, the corners in blue with a trefoil leaf design, 13cm wide, together with a Southwark tile in colours with a quarter 'Tudor Rose' and strapwork and a 'Renaissance' design tile in blue, possibly a kiln waster (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceGraham Slater CollectionA label on the back of one animal tile states that it was removed from a house in Canterbury in 1938.Excavations have shown that this early tile design with different animal subjects was popular in London. Kiln wasters from Pickleherring and Aldgate and fragments recovered from buildings in London are generally crude and much inferior to their Dutch counterparts. The painted corners on the present pair are unusual, and match an example in the Museum of London recovered from Spitalfields Market. This is illustrated by Betts and Weinstein, Tin-Glazed Tiles From London (2010), p.101, fig.55. See also fig.43 for a fragment with a bear-baiting scene found on the site of the City Ditch, very close to the Aldgate Pothouse.The Tudor Rose tile was excavated by Nigel Mills in 1986 near the Tower of London. This appears to be the most popular tile design made at Southwark, and other examples have been excavated in London from buildings that pre-date the Great Fire. The blue and white Renaissance design tile was formerly in the Louis Lipski Collection and was a gift to Graham Slater from Jonathan Horne. It is similar to tiles recovered by Ivor Noel Hume on the Old Hays Wharf site.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware Oak Leaf and Fruit charger, late 17th centuryPainted in a pleasing palette of blue, mottled green, ochre, red and manganese with variegated oak leaves interspersed with berries and other stylised foliate motifs, within tramline borders and a blue-dash rim, with a tin-glazed back, 33.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Anthony Belton, 1974Graham Slater CollectionA design interpreted from Montelupo maiolica, probably by way of the Netherlands, Leaf and Fruit chargers continued to develop in English delftware from the mid-17th century until about the 1730s when the palette and style becomes increasingly tighter and more formulaic. A charger in the Fitzwilliam Museum of the same profile and related design as the present lot is attributed to London, last quarter of the 17th century, see Michael Archer, Delftware (2013), A.75. Two later Bristol chargers are included as A.77 and A.78.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware saucer dish, circa 1750-60Probably London, painted in blue and manganese, the centre with a Chinese man on a riverbank, misty mountains in the distance, the wide powder blue border with manganese flowerheads, sgraffito trailing leaves revealing more of the white tin glaze, 22.9cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceHemming CollectionRagg CollectionOliver Van Oss CollectionWith Jonathan Horne, 1984Graham Slater CollectionThis attractive, and indeed celebrated saucer dish was included in both English Ceramic Circle Exhibitions, 1948, no.29 and 1977, no.20. It is illustrated by F H Garner, English Delftware (1948), pl.67B, where it was attributed to Lambeth and compared alongside a fluted dish, pl.67A, with a similar powdered border with sgraffito trailing flowers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, circa 1680-90The generous globular body raised on a spreading foot, the strap handle with a scrolled lower terminal, painted in blue below the spout with a 'ribbon label panel' inscribed 'S TVSSILAGIN', surmounted by an angel's head and outstretched wings, 19.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Alan Milford, 1988Graham Slater CollectionA wet drug jar with songbird label also inscribed for Syrupus Tussilaginis or syrup of coltsfoot in the Collection of the Royal College of Surgeons is illustrated by Rudolf Drey, Apothecary Jars (1978), p.131, pl.67c. Coltsfoot extract was used for treating coughs and other respiratory ailments.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware 'Bleu Persan' dish, circa 1680-90Of lobed, moulded form, the all-over deep blue glaze with white tin glaze splashes on the front, 21.8cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 2001Graham Slater CollectionThe shape and decoration of this dish is likely to have been copied from French tin-glazed wares from Nevers. A closely related dish from the Sampson & Horne Collection was sold by Bonhams on 28 April 2010, lot 47. Another was in the Longridge Collection, see Leslie Grigsby's Catalogue, vol.2, fig.D177. For an unusual baluster vase with the same decoration see lot 77 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware posset pot and cover, circa 1720-30Bristol or London, of large size, the bellied form applied with broad strap handles and a S-shaped spout, painted in full polychrome with birds perched in dense foliage and insects in flight, 22.5cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 4 June 1979, lot 4Graham Slater CollectionThe addition of bright yellow to the traditional 'Bristol' palette of red, blue and green is rarely encountered on posset pots. A smaller posset pot of similar form and colour palette from the Longridge Collection was sold by Christie's on 25 May 2011, lot 191.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware Royal charger, circa 1690-1705Probably London, painted with an equestrian portrait of King William III, depicted in blue, turquoise, manganese, ochre and black, inscribed 'W R', stylised trees and a striped ground within an ochre and blue dash rim, with a tin-glazed back, 35cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 1995Graham Slater CollectionMichael Archer suggests that this image derives from an engraved portrait of King Charles I entering Edinburgh, by Cornelis van Dalen, and that the image was used as a template for subsequent kings on delftware. See Delftware (1997), p.78, fig.23 for the engraving and A.9 for a related charger inscribed 'K W' for King William. Another charger, the King's steed with the same distinctive 'spiky' manganese mane was sold by Bonhams on 18 April 2012, lot 6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware royal charger, circa 1689-94Probably London, painted in manganese outline and coloured in dark blue and ochre with full-length portraits of King William III and Queen Mary II, titled 'W M R', flanked by copper-green sponged trees, a manganese tramline border inside the rim, with a lead-glazed back, 33.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Denys Cowell, 1963Graham Slater CollectionA similar charger in the British Museum (inv. no.1960,0204.1) bears the initials 'K' and 'Q' for King and Queen. Another related charger painted with the single figure of the King was possibly made after the death of Queen Mary in 1694 and was sold by Bonhams on 10 September 2008, lot 158.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare London delftware 'Bleu Persan' vase, circa 1680-90Of exaggerated baluster shape on a spreading ridged foot, the rich blue glaze enlivened with random white splashes, 12cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMarion and Brian Morgan Collection, Sotheby's, 20 November 1979, lot 24With Jonathan Horne, 1980Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated and discussed by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes (1977), p.44, item 22, where it was attributed to Lambeth. Delftware shards with dark blue glaze and white splashing have been found at several London factory sites and in Brislington. A larger vase of identical form in the Museum of London was excavated in Summer Street, Blackfriars, see Frank Britton, London Delftware (1986), fig.99. A bulbous mug or gorge with identical decoration is illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue (1997), p.247, C.11.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine and rare English delftware gorge or mug, circa 1620-30London or possibly Norwich, with a globular body and cylindrical neck, the loop handle flat on the inside, on a small turned foot, painted in dark blue with two large inverted oak leaves flanking a heart-shaped panel on the front, the neck with a row of dots between concentric lines, 12.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceProfessor F H Garner Collection, Sotheby's, 2 March 1965, lot 175W W Winkworth, purchased at the above saleWith Errol Manners, June 1989Graham Slater CollectionA Museum of London excavation in Norwich found a near-complete mug of similar shape with identical decoration. Graham Slater discussed this significant find with Michael Archer who agreed with a London attribution for Professor Garner's mug. Curiously, two other vessels- a bottle and a barrel-shaped mug- with the same distinctive pattern were recovered from the rear of an apothecary shop in London Street in Norwich, published in East Anglian Archaeology Report no.13, 1981, figs. 1501 and 1512. While delftware was first made in England by potters who settled in Norwich, they had moved to London by the time this mug was made early in the 17th century.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware octagonal plate, circa 1680London or Brislington, painted in blue outlined in black with a bird perched among scrolling foliage, within line borders, the rim with stylised swirls and foliate motifs within a black line border, 20.2cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan HorneGraham Slater CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware apothecary storage jar or albarello, mid-17th centuryOf cylindrical form with gently splayed base and everted rim, painted in blue with concentric lines between bands of dots and chain-link, 10.8cm high, 13cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Kate Bycroft, 1975Graham Slater CollectionSimilar geometric designs appear on drug jars of this period in blue or a combination of blue and manganese. A jar of similar profile and proportions was excavated at a depth of 14ft at the Brunswick Hotel in Jermyn Street, London in the 19th century and is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.4698-1901). It is rare to encounter a jar of this type fully intact.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware octagonal plate, circa 1680Thickly potted with a moulded underside, painted in manganese with blue washes, with the same seated Chinese figure repeated three times, among highly stylised rocks or plants, 19.4cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Garry AtkinsGraham Slater CollectionThis is a rare colour combination, and it is also unusual to find three figures placed vertically in this way. For a discussion of octagonal plates in other colourways see Leslie Grigsby's Longridge Collection Catalogue, vol.2, nos. D110-D112.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three early London delftware paving tiles, circa 1590-1620Comprising a pair, perhaps from Aldgate Pothouse, painted in polychrome with bird subjects, one with a swan between reeds, the other with a strutting bird, both within roundels in blue and manganese, 13cm, together with a related tile painted with a resting dromedary, the roundel banded in blue alone, 13.6cm (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceBequest in 1985 from the N J Newbury CollectionGraham Slater CollectionGraham Slater realised that London paving tiles were much cruder than their Dutch counterparts, as he actively sought complete English examples from Pickleherring or Aldgate. This dromedary tile has significant firing faults and may have been a kiln waster. Various tiles and fragments with related designs have been excavated in London, see Betts and Weinstein, Tin-Glazed Tiles From London (2010), pp.98-102, figs.42-61. These include a tile with a standing dromedary found near to the site of the Aldgate Pothouse. An animal tile with identical border and corners to the pair in this lot, attributed to Aldgate, was in the Longridge Collection, Christie's, 25 May 2011, lot 110.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Five English delftware plates, circa 1720-50All probably London, comprising three plates painted in red, green and blue with a bird perched in a tree flanked by stylised plants, one of these with a ribbon border in blue and the other two with ribbon borders in blue and manganese, together with a plate also painted in red, green and blue but with a bird in flight before a flowering plant, the rim with a border of loops and dashes, and a fifth plate painted in blue, green and manganese with a bird standing between plants, the rim with a formal foliate border in blue and manganese, 19.5-23.2cm diam (5)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Mercury Antiques, 1989 (smallest)With Aurea Carter, 2000 (largest)Graham Slater CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware drug jar, circa 1680-90Of ovoid shape, painted in blue with a 'ribbon label panel' inscribed 'U:LAURIN' surmounted by an angel's head and its outstretched wings, 18.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGraham Slater CollectionUnguentum Laurinum was an ointment made from bay leaves and berries. The 'virtues' of such a concoction are extoled in John Pechey's 'The London Dispensatory', published in 1694, where 'It is good to be used in all cold distempers, (wh)ich affect the nerves and joynts, it expels wind'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware Royal portrait plate, circa 1690The centre painted in blue with crowned half-length portraits of King William III and Queen Mary, he wearing an ermine-lined robe, flanked by the initials 'W R M', within a tramline border, 22cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceLouis Lipski Collection, Sotheby's, 6 December 1983, lot 600With Jonathan Horne, January 1984Graham Slater CollectionA very similar plate, probably by the same hand, is illustrated by Anthony Ray, English Delftware Pottery (1968), pl.6, no.20.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware marriage plate, dated 1688The centre painted in blue with a wreath encircling the initials and date 'L/ I M/ 1688', 21cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceMarion and Brian Morgan Collection, Sotheby's, 20 November 1979, lot 16Graham Slater CollectionLipski and Archer illustrate this plate alongside an identical example, from the same set, see Dated English Delftware (1984), p.56, figs.173 and 173A. The authors draw attention to the significance of the year 1688 in English history, the Glorious Revolution, in their catalogue, Fair as China Dishes (1977), p.47. It is likely that this plate simply marks a marriage that took place in that tumultuous year and is of personal significance, rather than politically commemorative.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Two English delftware 'Merryman' plates, one dated 1721Comprising a polychrome example inscribed in red '(4) With wine & Merry Jests. 1721', within a blue and green wreath, 22.8cm diam, the other inscribed in blue '2 Leet him do what he can' within a formal cartouche of stylised leaves, the rim with blue line borders, 22cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceProfessor F H Garner CollectionSotheby's, 23 October 1968, lot 152 (dated)With Archibald Frith Allbrook (dated)David Zeitlin Collection (dated)With Jonathan Horne, March 1990 (dated)Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.79, no.313C alongside others from the same original set. Merryman plates were made in sets of six, each with one line from a well-known drinking verse. Dated examples range from 1682 to 1752, illustrating the popularity of the sentiment. A set dated 1734 is illustrated by Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.143 and an earlier one of 1717 by Louis Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.76.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Vauxhall delftware 'Union' plate, circa 1715Painted in blue, green and red with a rose and thistle, tied by a red ribbon symbolising the Union, a crown flanked with the royal monogram 'G R', the border with blue banding, 21.6cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Anthony Belton, 1980Graham Slater CollectionFragments of a very similar plate were excavated on the Vauxhall factory site in Lambeth, see Frank Britton, London Delftware (1987), p.70, fig.I. The Act of Union occurred under Queen Anne's reign in 1707 but the production of plates commemorating the Union evidently continued after 1714 when King George I ascended the throne. A similar plate was sold by Bonhams on 2 June 2004, lot 113.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An early London delftware geometric charger, circa 1670-90Boldly painted in blue, orange and green with a central floret alternating with formal leaves, within a looped border between concentric lines, with a lead-glazed back, 32cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceBrian Morgan CollectionWith Jonathan Horne, 1983Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan in the exhibition catalogue, Fair as China Dishes (1977), fig.7. Morgan notes that an original firing fault or air bubble in the clay has resulted in a small hole but this would not have mattered as the charger was probably intended for display rather than use. Many fragments of related geometric designs have been recovered on kiln sites in Southwark and Rotherhithe and Graham Slater found quantities of shards from such dishes while exploring the foreshore of the Thames.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Four interesting English delftware plates, circa 1750-70Fully painted in blue European landscapes, one with a shepherd conversing with a lady reclining on a rocky outcrop before a 'sponged tree' and ruined arch, one with a couple walking between tall 'sponged trees', the last two with a lady hanging out laundry on the balcony of an elaborate building, with further figures in the foreground, 22-23cm diam (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 1979 (one plate)Graham Slater CollectionOne of the last mentioned plates exhibited at the BADA 1979 exhibition, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, no.96. A similar plate to the first mentioned is illustrated by Frank Britton, London Delftware (1986), p.161, no.158 alongside the original source print engraved by Charles Albert de Lespilliez circa 1770, after the drawing by François de Cuvilliés. See also Michael Archer, Delftware (2013), p.150, no.B106 where two further plates with this scene are attributed to Lambeth (Abigail Griffith).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware inscribed plate, dated 1704Brislington or London, of flat profile, painted in two tones of blue with formal plants inscribed 'S H 1704', the narrow rim with a loop, dot and dash border, 21.7cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 1979Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated by Lipski and Archer in Dated English Delftware (1984), p.68, fig.242. A remarkably similar formal flower composition, with the distinctive seven dotted stars appears on a press-moulded dish attributed to Brislington, see Michael Archer's Delftware Chinoiserie at Brislington in the late Seventeenth and early Eighteenth Centuries, ECC Trans, Vol.19, Pt.3 (2007), p.514, fig.15. Fragments with similar borders have also been excavated at London factory sites.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Seven interesting English delftware plates, circa 1710-30London or possibly Bristol, with formal floral designs in red, green and blue, within borders of concentric blue lines, the rims with the same distinctive bands of loops and dashes, 22.5cm diam (7)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Garry Atkins (two plates)Graham Slater CollectionTwo farmyard plates with similar borders attributed to London are illustrated by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p.221, nos.14.5 and 14.6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Six rare English delftware Flower Vase tiles, circa 1725-50One London tile of unusually large size, entirely in blue with carnation corners, 15.3cm wide, a Bristol tile in red, green and blue with 'Quarter Rosette' corners, another from Bristol with a pale manganese ground, and three London tiles with various coloured powder grounds of blue, green and brick red, 12-12.7cm wide (6)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne (largest tile and manganese tile)With Sampson & Horne (green tile)Graham Slater CollectionThe manganese-ground tile is illustrated by Jonathan Horne, English Tin-glazed Tiles (1989), p.63, fig.343, where it is noted that wasters of similar tiles were excavated at Bristol pottery sites. The very large tile is a curiosity and may be from a single set. Another example is illustrated by Anthony Ray, English Delftware Tiles (1973), no.242.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, circa 1720-40Of globular form on a spreading foot, the broad strap handle with a scrolled lower terminal, painted in blue below the flared spout with a strapwork label inscribed 'O:SAMBUCIN', surmounted by a shell flanked by cherubs with flowers, a winged angel's head and floral swags below, 18.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Aurea Carter, 2005Graham Slater CollectionOleum Sambucinum was a liniment made by boiling elderflowers and berries in oil. A similar wet drug jar labelled 'O.SAMBUC' from the Collection of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain is illustrated by Briony Hudson (2006), p.225, cat.192.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware Tulip charger, circa 1680Painted in attractive bright colours, four tulips and carnations growing from a grassy mound, the flowerheads picked out in blue, ochre and pale manganese interspersed with slender green leaves, the blue-dash rim with a yellow line, with a lead-glazed back, 33cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Anthony Belton, 1990Graham Slater CollectionThe same unusual arrangement of two tulips instead of a single central flower can be seen on a charger from the Olive Collection sold by Bonhams on 31 January 2019, lot 69.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware small charger, late 17th centuryLondon or possibly Brislington, painted in blue with a Chinese figure holding a flag or banner and standing in a highly-stylised landscape, within a tramline border, 27cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Garry Atkins, April 2000Graham Slater CollectionWhile the pattern was much used in London, the thick tin glaze on the reverse of this charger is more characteristic of early Bristol or Brislington examples.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware pill slab, circa 1785Probably Mortlake, of octagonal shape, painted in blue with the full arms of the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries, with unicorn supporters, the motto OPIFERQUE PER ORBEM DICOR in manganese on a scroll below, pierced for suspension, 30cm x 24.3cmFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 1993Graham Slater CollectionFragments similar to the present lot were found in the Museum of London's excavations at Mortlake within a context datable to 1775-1800, see Sloane, Hoad, Cloake, Pearce and Stephenson, Early Modern Industry and Settlement (2003). A very similar example from the S J McManus Collection that was inscribed in diamond point on the reverse 'J Butler 1785' supports this date range. It was sold by Bonhams on 12 November 2014, lot 16 and is illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.392, fig.1682.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware wine bottle, dated 1643Probably Southwark, the globular body raised on a small, spreading foot, the strap handle with a pointed lower terminal, inscribed in blue 'CLARET, 1643' above a curlicue flourish, 16.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Denys Cowell, 1978Graham Slater CollectionA bottle possibly painted by the same hand, inscribed 'WHIT 1643', is illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.323, no.1282.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware dish, late 17th centuryLondon or Brislington, of press-moulded lobed form, painted in blue with a Chinese figure seated in a stylised landscape within a tasselled border, 22cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Garry Atkins, 2003Graham Slater CollectionIn his notes, Graham Slater draws a most reasonable comparison with press-moulded dishes attributed to Brislington. A fragment of a lobed dish with tasselled border was excavated at the factory site, illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware Chinoiserie at Brislington in the late Seventeenth and early Eighteenth Centuries, ECC Trans, Vol.19, Pt.3 (2007), p.518, fig.22. However, similar fragments were also found by Garner at Lambeth. A related dish in the Victoria and Albert Museum is discussed by Archer, Delftware (1997), p.113, A.64 and tentatively attributed to Norfolk House.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware plate, circa 1740-50Of 'Farmyard' type, painted in blue, green and manganese with a swan swimming by a grassy riverbank, encircled by a diamond border, 22.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 2003Graham Slater CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware 'La Fecondite' dish by the potter 'WP', circa 1657-59Signed on the reverse with the cipher 'WP' and indistinctly dated '16**', moulded after a French pottery prototype with a series of border panels, embossed masks and flower vases, painted in blue, manganese and yellow with green highlights, the central panel moulded with a reclining naked figure representing Fecundity, accompanied by five children or putti, a landscape with a windmill seen beyond pillars in the background and two figures of 'man with a stick' type, a decorative band of scrollwork, tulips, roses and carnations around the cavetto featuring two small portraits at the bottom, the outer border including four oval panels of 'artemisia leaves' and a circular panel at the top painted just in blue with a half-length portrait of a man wearing a 'Puritan Collar', believed to be the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell, 48.5cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceBoynton CollectionHailstone CollectionSotheby's, 11 February 1931, lot 82Christie's, 13 December 1938, lot 199Ridout CollectionSotheby's, 5 June 1990, lot 324Graham Slater CollectionLiteratureBurlington Fine Arts Club Exhibition 1914, catalogue p.67, case D31Listed in Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware, p.44, no.118English Ceramic Circle Transactions, vol.17, pt.1 1999, col.pl.VIWhen Graham Slater acquired this remarkable dish in 1990, he embarked on a journey of discovery. Many celebrated examples are treasured in museums and in private collections but no detailed research had been published. Graham's paper, presented to the ECC at the end of 1997, was pioneering and comprehensive. He reported on forty-one dishes, while up to four further specimens were omitted or have come to light since his paper was completed.The model is based on a French prototype made in lead-glazed earthenware, such as the example in the Louvre (inv. no.OA.5014). Formerly attributed to Bernard Palissy, it is more likely that other potters in Fontainebleau were responsible. In 1958 Bernard Rackham discovered a Frenchman named Jean Laureau was in London in 1620 to represent the widow of a Fontainebleau potter Jean Barthelemy. Graham Slater felt it was highly likely that London delftware potters acquired from Barthelemy's estate actual moulds used in France to make these dishes. This would explain why London delftware copies are so exact, and of the same size as the French lead-glazed prototypes.Graham Slater divided the London dishes into ten distinct groups based partly on date but primarily on different features in the painted decoration. Dates painted on La Fecondité dishes range from 1633 to 1697. Slater placed his dish into Group Six, along with four others. The date appearing on the present lot is, of course, ambiguous as the last two numbers are unreadable. It had been published in the past as dated 1671, but Slater argues conclusively that it has to be earlier. Various decorative details, such as a man holding a stick and a very distinctive style of landscape painted in the distance, place the manufacture of this dish firmly in Southwark in the middle of the seventeenth century. Based on the evidence presented in his paper, Slater shows that this dish must date from circa 1657-59 and not any later.Three of the dishes in Slater's Group Six are inscribed on the back with the same initials WP. It is likely these initials relate to the maker, and Slater tried to identify a potter working in Southwark whose name was a match. Rhoda Edwards has published a List of London Potters that includes a William Price and a William Pocock, both living in the Parish of St Saviour in Southwark, but to date neither of these WPs can be directly linked to the nearby pottery at Montagu Place or the Pickleherring Pottery. This dish, and a closely related piece in the museum in Auckland, New Zealand, inscribed with the same initials, show that 'WP' was clearly a very accomplished maker of London delftware.In his ECC paper, Graham Slater attempted to identify the portraits on his dish. Although tempting to regard the two small panels at the bottom as royal portraits, he concluded they were too small and indistinct to recognise. The half-length portrait in the primary panel at the top is far more detailed, however. The bare-headed man dressed in armour wears what is usually described as a 'Puritan Collar'. Given that the dish dates from around the period of the Commonwealth, an obvious attribution of the sitter comes to mind. Searching at the British Museum's Prints and Drawings department, Slater was directed to likenesses of Oliver Cromwell. The man on this dish has more than a passing resemblance to a print that Slater reproduced in his paper as fig.39. The engraved portrait is loosely after Robert Walker. Here Cromwell is shown in similar dress with a big nose and a bulge in his body armour around his right shoulder. The portrait on the present dish could be said to depict similar features. If so, this dish, and another heavily-misfired La Fecondité dish formerly in the Billington Collection, are probably the only pieces of English delftware with a portrait of Britain's Lord Protector.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Three English delftware plates, circa 1740-60Painted in blue with panels reserved on a powder manganese ground, one with eight stylised floral panels encircling a central European landscape, a gentleman gazing over his shoulder at a distant town with tall spire, another with a central chinoiserie scene of conversation at a doorway, the third plate with a Chinese figure beside oriental plants and a fence, four fish around the rim, 21.5cm diam (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceWarren Collection (first mentioned)With Jonathan Horne, 1991 and 2003 (first and third mentioned)Graham Slater CollectionThe first-mentioned plate is probably Wincanton or Bristol, see Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982) for a very similar example. This plate predates the second and third plates, which are more likely to be Liverpool, circa 1750-60. However, Michael Archer attributes a plate almost identical to the example with fish border to London, William Griffith of Lambeth High Street, based on shards excavated by Garner at the site.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An English delftware posset pot, circa 1680-90London or Brislington, the cylindrical body applied with twin scrolled handles and a tubular spout, painted in blue with Chinese figures amongst plants and rockwork, a particularly resplendent gentleman to the reverse holding a fan, 10.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Jonathan Horne, 2000Graham Slater CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Two rare English delftware tiles, circa 1740-70Both with the same scene of a smoking bottle kiln before two houses in a tree-studded landscape, one London, painted in blue, 13cm wide, the other Bristol, painted in manganese, the scene within a circular tramline border and with distinctive flowerheads at the corners, 13.3cm wide (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLouis L Lipski Collection, Sotheby's, 17 November 1981, lot 294 (part) (manganese)With Jonathan Horne, June 1989 (blue)Graham Slater CollectionCompare the painting styles to the remarkably similar scenes on two tiles respectively attributed to London and Bristol, which are illustrated and discussed by Jonathan Horne, English Tin-glazed Tiles (1989), p.46, nos.221 and 222.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware gorge or mug, circa 1675-90Globular with a short cylindrical neck and thick looped handle, painted in blue with formal flowers and insects, a berry border around the rim, 9.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceLouis Lipski Collection, Sotheby's, 1 March 1982, lot 429With Jonathan Horne, June 1983Graham Slater CollectionA closely related gorge in the Museum of London was excavated in Poultry, see Frank Britton, London Delftware (1986), p.137, no.103.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An exceptional early London delftware wine bottle, circa 1630-50Rotherhithe or Pickleherring Pottery, Southwark, of pear shape and very small size with a simple turned neck and loped handle, painted in blue with three panels of stylised foliage separated by pairs of wavy lines, the neck with a border loosely in 'kraak' style, 12.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 18 June 1984, lot 1Graham Slater CollectionIn the catalogue of the Longridge Collection vol.2, p.244, Leslie Grigsby and Michael Archer discuss dated bottles of similar shape, mentioning that while the form was popular in Northern Europe in salt-glazed stoneware, the bottle shape seems not to have been made there in tin-glazed earthenware. London examples were mostly left in the white with simple wine labels and dates, while rare bottles were painted in the manner of Chinese porcelain. The present lot is more primitive than the 'Bird on Rock' pattern associated with the Pickleherring Pottery, although the border pattern seen here painted on the neck is clearly related. Instead there is a possible link between this bottle and the so-called 'kraak' style chargers made at Southwark or Rotherhithe in the second quarter of the 17th century.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware wine bottle, dated 1644Probably Southwark, of small size, the globular body raised on a small, spreading foot, the strap handle with a pointed lower terminal, inscribed in blue 'SACK 1644' above a curlicue flourish, 13.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMarion and Brian Morgan CollectionWith Jonathan Horne, 1983Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes (1977), p.30, item 11. Also illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p315, no.1290.'...and so to the Dolphin...there we did drink a great quantity of sack and did tell many merry stories, and in good humours we were all.' Samuel Pepys' diary, 14 November 1660.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An early Southwark delftware charger, circa 1630-40Boldly painted in blue with a central daisy-like floral starburst within a panelled Wanli style border derived from kraak dishes of similar date, the underside with a clear lead glaze revealing the coarse texture of the clay, 31.6cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceJonathan Horne, March 1983, illustrated in his catalogue, A Collection of Early English Pottery, Part III, no.54Graham Slater CollectionChargers of this type were of particular interest to Ivor Noel Hume who discussed these at length in his book Early English Delftware from London and Virginia, pp.45-48. These have been designated as the 'Daisy' pattern with a Wanli style border. An example was excavated at Kingsmill plantation in Virginia where it had been broken by an early settler. Graham Slater was interested to note that the clay used for his dish contains red inclusions similar to kiln waste he found in the Thames close to Southwark, confirming an attribution to the Pickleherring pothouse. For other fragments from identical chargers excavated on the Pickleherring site, see Tyler, Betts and Stephenson, London's Delftware Industry (2008), p.42, figs.P12-13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A striking English delftware Adam and Eve charger, circa 1670-85Probably London, painted in blue, green, manganese and ochre, Eve reaching to take an apple from the devilish snake that encircles the tree, as she passes another apple to Adam, a leafy branch protecting his modesty, the foreground with striped 'paths', a yellow line within the blue-dash rim, with a lead-glazed back, 33.5cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceTristram Jellinek, Sotheby's, 9-10 May 1996, lot 169With Alistair Sampson, 1997Graham Slater CollectionThe development of 'The Temptation' design on blue-dash chargers is well illustrated by the examples in the Fitzwilliam Museum, see Michael Archer's catalogue, Delftware (2013), pp.16-27 and in particular pl.A.23. Archer notes that the subject on English chargers initially derives from a print by Crispijn de Passe the Elder.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of English delftware octagonal plates, circa 1680Probably London, thickly moulded with slightly concave edges, both painted in two shades of blue with seated Chinese figures in much-stylised landscapes, the same figure repeated three times on each plate, 19.3cm wide (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGraham Slater CollectionPurchased as a pair in March 1992, Graham Slater was pleased to think that these had always been together and could fairly be described as such.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An important English delftware glass-bottomed tankard, dated 1791Probably Lambeth, of cylindrical form, the flared base accommodating a glass bottom, finely painted in blue with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers, the motto 'In God is all our trust' inscribed in black above the initials and date 'I W 1791', this flanked by an detailed scene of two men building a multi-storeyed house, one attending to scaffolding, the other laying bricks, the other side of the tankard with a huntsman aiming his rifle at birds in flight, two alert hounds beside him, the handle with a thumbrest and trailing foliate decoration, the rim edged in reddish-brown, 14.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Anthony Belton, 1980Graham Slater CollectionIn researching his tankard Graham Slater corresponded with the Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers, who helpfully confirmed three probable candidates for its original owner. In 1791 there were three members of the Company with the initials JW; John Withers of Cheapside, John Watkins of Clothfair and James Woodroffe of Hungerford, Berks. Slater surmised that Woodruffe was the most likely owner noting that both the hunting and building scenes are very obviously set in countryside, not depicting life in the City of London.The present example belongs to a small group of late 18th century glass-bottomed tankards or mugs thought to have been made by John Brayne of Lambeth High Street. Two such tankards are in the Victoria and Albert Museum. One depicts haymaking and is inscribed 'C H 1785' and the second is dated 1793 and shows two jockeys racing. Both are illustrated by Michael Archer in his museum catalogue (1993), C.25 and C.27 and are most likely by the same hand as the Tylers and Bricklayers tankard. Another related mug painted with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners and an appropriate scene of gardeners at work, is discussed by Garry Atkins, see An Exhibition of English Pottery 1650-1800 (1991), item 18.The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers have in their collection a delftware punch bowl painted with the arms of the company and dated 1722, which is thought to have been presented to Joseph Pratt, who was master in 1721-22. The present lot would appear to be a very rare in its depiction of bricklaying in practice.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A London delftware apothecary syrup jar, dated 1690The globular body raised on a spreading foot, applied with a strap handle and a spout with an annular knop, painted in blue with a bold strapwork label inscribed 'S:TUSSILAGIN', and dated '1690' below a fleur-de-lys flanked by pendent tassels, 17.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBishop Nugent HicksJ W Giles, Sotheby's, 24 October 1972, lot 83With Jonathan Horne, 1978Graham Slater CollectionIllustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.384, fig.1658A where this is listed alongside six further jars from the same dated set. A total of four syrup jars and three dry drug jars are recorded in Lipski and Archer as nos. 1658 A-F. Dated drug jars bearing this very rare label span a date range 1667-1677 and this seems to have been reintroduced in 1690 for the present, important set. See also the syrup jar with angel's head label also inscribed 'S:TVSSILAGIN', lot 79 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE POTTERY PANCAKE PLATE, CIRCA 1770, LONDON. Polychrome painted with a pin wheel shaped flower and leaves in a geometric pattern, 22.5cm diameter The dish was made at the William and Abigail Griffith delftworks on Lambeth High Street, London, dating circa 1770, an almost identical example is located in the V & A Museum, London. *CR Some fritting and chips to the rim, without restoration.

AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE FLOWER BRICK, MID 18TH CENTURY. In blue and white, centered with a kneeling figure, London 1750-60, 13cm wide, 7.5cm high, 5.5cm deep. *CR With chips to the rim and foot.

A DELFT SWEETMEAT FOUR SECTION DISH, London or Liverpool c.1760, of lobed form raised upon three peg feet, each section painted in blue with a Chinoiserie landscape with haycock bushes, house and weeping willow within a leaf border, unmarked, bears old Jonathan Horne label, 7 1/4" diameter (Illustrated) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)NB See Frank Britton 'English Delftware in the Bristol Collection', Bowls section, 8.25 for similar decoration and Other Shapes section, 9.35 for shape Condition Report: No restoration, no cracks, glaze crazed, typical losses to and flakes to rim with a couple of chips to underside of rim, slight gaze mis-fire.

A DELFT COLANDER BOWL, probably London c.1750, of plain circular form, the exterior painted in blue with shaped trellis fencing, rocks and flowering branches, the interior pierced with concentric bands of holes and hearts, unmarked, 9" diameter (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)NB See Frank Britton 'English Delftware in the Bristol Collection', Bowls section, 8.36 for similar decoration Condition Report: Restoration

A London Delft Plate, probably Lambeth, circa 1750, painted with a lady in a flowing dress, an attendant holding an umbrella, another holding her train 22cm diameter A Similar Dish, painted in blue with a pheasant, a fisherman and islands 30.5cm diameter (2)For a similar plate dated 1748 see Archer (Michael) Delftware, The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, B212