Lot 1114
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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JAR
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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JAR

CIRCA 1640, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK OR ROTHERHITHE

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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE DRUG-JAR
CIRCA 1640, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK OR ROTHERHITHE
Of cylindrical form with short ribbed spout to the raised shoulder, named for O.SAMPSVCHINVM within a bold strapwork cartouche with a bearded foliate mask below
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D396.
Jonathan Horne, A Collection of English Pottery, London, 1996, Part XVI, no. 448.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

According to Jonathan Horne, this jar was intended to store amber (coloured) olive oil. This very early type of oil jar is most closely related to the 'smoking man' catouches of which the earliest example is dated 1652, see Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 368, no. 1595.

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