Four Liverpool delftware blue and white bottles circa 1750

each painted with a peony or chrysanthemum issuing scrolling foliage beneath scrollwork and diaperwork borders on the shoulder and neck.

One bottle has a 1 1/2 inch long area of shallow chipping to the rim and numerous small glaze chips to the rim. And small glaze flake chips to the edge of the foot. The pair to it has minor glaze flakes to the rim and numerous chps to the edge and underside of the foot. There is a 1 inch by 1/2 inch oval patch of glaze loss to the body low down on one side. The other pair: one has two small chips and old glaze loss to the edge of the rim. Several chips to underside edge of foot and a 1 1/2 inch square area of glaze scratching on the shoulder. The other has a 1 inch by 1/4 inch restored rim chip and two chips to the underside and edge of the foot.
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