A rare and unusual English delftware blue and white large flower brick circa 1750-60

painted on the front and the sides with buildings in landscapes, the slanted top pierced with a large central hole surrounded by smaller petal-edged holes.

Some typical small chips and glaze chips overall. There is a large chip across the front left foot and corner of the base of the brick, 2 1/4 in. the top edge at the back has an approximate 3/4-in chip, a 14-in. chip and a 1/8-in chip. The underside of the base has a firing fault running across it that extends into a minor 2-in. fine haircrack running up the back and there is a minor 1/2-in. chip to the right rear corner of the foot.
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