EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A Dutch Delft blue and white two-handled posset pot
Early 18th century
The cylindrical body decorated allover with parsley motifs, the shoulders with scrolled chinoiseries motifs, the spout and the loop handles hatched
32 cm. wide
See illustration

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Lot Essay

This posset pot was probably produced for the English market.
See J. Boyazoglu & L. de Neuville, Les faïences de Delft, Paris, 1980, p. 193 for a comparable posset pot.

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