Liverpool or Irish Delftware Chinoiserie Blue & White Dish

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Delftware Blue & White Chinoiserie Dish,
Irish (Dublin) or Liverpool,
1745-65

The rectangular British Delftware underglaze Blue Dish with canted … Read more Delftware Blue & White Chinoiserie Dish,
Irish (Dublin) or Liverpool,
1745-65

The rectangular British Delftware underglaze Blue Dish with canted corners and of large size is painted with a Chinoiserie garden scene.  The central well with a large tree growing in the center with a zig-zag fence in the back and other large well-painted plants.  Surrounding the central well is a band of diaper interspersed with flower heads.  The rim is profusely painted with flowers.

Dimensions: 18 3/4 inches wide x 13 3/4 inches high x 2 1/4 inches high; 47.63cm x 34.93cm

Chips to the rim as can be seen in photo.  One primary one at the top center now invisibly repairer-see the last photo for the dish before chip repaired.

Reference:
See Delftware: The Tin-glazed Earthenwares of the British Isles, Michael Archer, G22 for a dish with an identical back and styled design of the reverse called Liverpool or Dublin.

Irish Delftware, An exhibition of 18th Century Delftware at Castletown House, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, 21 October to 29 December 1971, Page 54, #53 for a dish with a tree like the one on this dish. Page 55, #52 for a dish of the same shape. Page 122, #122 for tureen and tureen stand of the same shape.

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