Plates pair delftware English Liverpool blue white chinoiserie tall lady
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Delightful pair of chinoiserie plates evoking how exotic the East appeared to Europe and a sense of wonder it portrayed.
Painted with a chinoiserie scene of a tall lady standing in a garden holding an exotic bird with another lady watching from within a house. Surrounded by four repeats of an artemisia leaf border. The rim decorated with four repeats of trailing stems, the edge brown The back rim and under-rim painted with double circle borders. Rim chips. Probably Liverpool, third quarter of the 18th century.
diameter 23cm., 9" height 2cm., 1/2"
18th Century
c1760
Earthenware
England
Designers
Chinoiserie (Of the period)
Hand-Painted
EXCELLENT. Wear consistent with age and use.
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