AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE 'BLEU PERSAN' PLATE CIRCA 1690-1700 |

London or Brislington, the blue ground splashed in white on the front and reverse.

Jonathan Horne, London, June, 2005, bearing label
Vogel Collection no. 760

In overall good appearance. The top edge of the flaring rim has been completely sprayed making it difficult to determine extent of any damage present. The underside of the dish has not been restored and appears in good order. There is a shallow rim chip and some glaze flakes to rim edge.
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It is rare to find the reverse of an object decorated in this manner. Splashed bleu de Persan fragments have been unearthed in London and Brislington, an almost intact porringer splashed in white was excavated in Lambeth, see Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, London, 2013, p. 230, F.2. See the lobed dish illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 200, D177, where the author notes that fragments have also been found in Charleston, South Carolina.