Lot Essay
For a similarly decorated undated mug in the City Art Gallery, Manchester see Michael R. Parkinson, The Incomparable Art. English Pottery from the Thomas Greg Collection, Manchester, 1969, p. 37, no. 77.
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1731, PROBABLY BRISTOL
Details
AN ENGLISH DELFT INSCRIBED AND DATED POLYCHROME MUG
1731, PROBABLY BRISTOL
Of cylindrical form, the loop handle with blue-dash ornament, painted with a brown fox flanked by green sponged trees beneath the inscription Be ware of the sly/Dog fox 1731, the moulded foot with a blue band
5½ in. (14.1 cm.) high
1731, PROBABLY BRISTOL
Of cylindrical form, the loop handle with blue-dash ornament, painted with a brown fox flanked by green sponged trees beneath the inscription Be ware of the sly/Dog fox 1731, the moulded foot with a blue band
5½ in. (14.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Louis L. Lipski; Sotheby's, London, 10 March 1981, lot 92.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1993, lot 55.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1993, lot 55.
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D264.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 182, no. 819.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 182, no. 819.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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