A Bow blue painted plate, circa 1755

With the Broken Scroll pattern, the scroll depicting flowering peony and rockwork, within a formal panelled border

20.9 cm diameter

Condition: Long stabilised crack. 1 cm. rim chip

This pattern was directly copied from a Chinese porcelain original, and was copied in turn by producers of delftware in Ireland. See Peter Francis, Irish Delftware, pl.12 and pp.105-106 for a discussion on the influence of Bow porcelain on Dublin delftware.

£56