CIRCA 1650, SOUTHWARK OR ROTHERHITHE

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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE INSCRIBED MODEL OF A BOOT
CIRCA 1650, SOUTHWARK OR ROTHERHITHE
With moulded buckle connected to a short spur, the upper with double line and dash-ornament, the sides with two stiched chevrons flanked by adorsed loop-ornament beneath a moulded upper part, the top rim inscribed OH.MY.HEAD
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high

来源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1991, lot 1.

出版

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D358.
Leslie B. Grigsby, Dated Longridge Delftware and Slipware, 155, June 1999, pp. 882-883, pl. 13.
Jonathan Horne, A Collection of English Pottery, London, 1992, Part XII, no. 322.

注意事项

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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The exact purpose of this vessel in unknown but it may be a drinking vessel or perhaps in view of the shape of the back top rim, a small jug. This appears to represent a postilion's boot, made of thick leather with a section of thick leather to protect the ankle from the stirrup. The geometric loop-ornament appears on two dated pieces, a mug (1647) and caudle-cup (1650), illustrated by Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 102, nos. 727 & 729. A similar shard has been excavated at Platform Wharf, Rotherhithe, see Leslie B. Grigsby, ibid., p. 396.