AN ENGLISH DELFT CIRCULAR CLOCK DIAL

CIRCA 1745, PROBABLY LONDON

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AN ENGLISH DELFT CIRCULAR CLOCK DIAL
CIRCA 1745, PROBABLY LONDON
Decorated in manganese with a band of Roman chapters for the hours and an outer band of Arabic numerals for the minutes, with a later pierced winding hole beneath the central hole for the hand shaft
7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm.) diameter

Literature

J. Horne, A Collection of Early English Pottery, London, March 1996, Part XVI, no. 454.
L. B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, vol. 2, London, 2000, p. 431, no. D385.

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Lot Essay

Clock dials in delftware are rare. Two similar dial plates are illustrated by Sampson and Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, London, 2007, no. 07/24, and another by Garry Atkins, Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1999, no. 24. Another circular example mounted on a metal backplate, was sold from The Sampson and Horne Collection, Bonhams, London, 28 April 2010, lot 432.

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