A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DOCUMENTARY THISTLE-SHAPED TANKARD

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A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DOCUMENTARY THISTLE-SHAPED TANKARD
DATED 1679

With initials 'IT LT 1679' above combed decoration, Jacobs Collection no. 624 (rim repaired, minute rim chips, crack through handle)--3¼in. (8.3cm.) high

來源

Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, February 21, 1989, lot 344

拍品專文

The present mug appears to be the earliest known dated example. Cf. Rackham, Glaisher Collection, pl. 30, no. 299 for an example dated 1710; Rackham and Read, English Pottery, fig. 57 for an example in The Hanley Museum formerly in the Twyford Collection and dated 1695; also Rous Lench Collection, Sotheby's London, July 1, 1986, lot 73, dated 1690; and Rous Lench Collection, Christie's London, May 29 & 30, 1990, lot 90, dated 1701