Lot 522
  • 522

A Dutch Delft dish, mid-18th century

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • pottery
  • 35cm., 13 3/4 in. diam.
painted in the centre in blue with a shepherd and shepherdess resting with their flock of sheep beside a tree, a village in the distance, beneath a blue border filled with flowering branches and reserved with five panels enclosing flower sprays, 

Condition

There is a hairline crack to the rim and some small glaze flakes to painted scene. Otherwise some typical minor glaze chips to rim edge.
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