1760, PROBABLY DONYATT POTTERY, SOMERSET

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A WEST COUNTRY SLIPWARE DATED PUZZLE-JUG
1760, PROBABLY DONYATT POTTERY, SOMERSET
The oviform body pierced to the neck with crosses and circles, incised with the date 1760 below the inscription 'fil me ful Drink of me while you wil' (chip to spout)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

See Leslie B. Grigsby, English Slip-Decorated Earthenware at Williamsburg, Catalogue (Williamsburg, 1993), Vol. 1, p. 31, pl. 32 for a jug of similar form dated 1745. See also Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Catalogue (London, 2000), pp. 152-3, cat. no. S90 for another example dated 1790.

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