Three English delftware blue and white rectangular flower bricks circa 1750-60

comprising: one painted on either side with a cottage house in a landscape, probably Bristol, a larger one painted on the front and back with a Chinaman in a fenced garden and the third painted around the exterior with a riverscape and raised on four feet, probably Liverpool.

(the first) D. M. & P. Manheim, New York

The one painted with cottage houses: There is some minor chipping and glaze-chipping along the edges. There is a 1/4-inch chip to the rim edge and another 1/5-inch to the edge of the base. Otherwise in good condition. The larger one painted on the front and back with a Chinaman: There is some chipping and glaze-chipping along the edges. There is a 1-inch long section chipped away at the rim edge near one corner and another 1 1/2-inch section at the rim with glaze loss and a slight flat chip. There is an approximate 4 by 1 inch area on the upper portion of one of the front panels near the rim edge with old restoration and overspray that is now flaking off. Both side panels have pinhead glaze chips and old restoration, possibly covering glaze chips or the chips at the edges. There is an approximate 1-inch section at the edge of the base that is chipped away and other several minor chips to the edge of the base. The largest piercing on top and two adjacent smaller piercings have some chipping. The third one painted around the exterior with a riverscape: Two smaller piercings at top near the large square opening, each has previous restoration and chips to the edges. The edges overall have typical chipping and glaze chipping. One corner at the base, above the foot, has a restored chip; the restoration is old and has turned yellow. There is another approximate 3/4-inch chip at the edge of the base near the midway on one of the front panels that has been partially previously restored; the restoration is old and has also turned yellow.
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A flowerbrick painted with flowers raised on four feet similar to the third example in the present lot is illustrated by John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, p. 270, cat no. 656.