English Delftware Blue and White Plate, dated 1738

For an example of this plate as well as lot 645 see Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware: Tin-glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, p. 102, nos. 441 and 445. The authors note that the W. G plate was probably made for William Gregg (1695-1747), the son of John Gregg who was born in Ireland and who came to Delaware in 1682. They also comment that both plates are from a small group of plates, all dated 1738, and decorated with either a Chinese figure or variations of formal floral designs, which have been found in West Chester County, Pennsylvania, some remaining with descendants of the original families.