1625-1655, PROBABLY ENGLISH DELFTWARE

Details

An early Delftware blue and white chinoiserie pewter-mounted jug
1625-1655, PROBABLY ENGLISH DELFTWARE
The baluster body painted with birds and insects amidst stylised flowers, the neck with stylised flowerheads reserved on interlaced rings, with loop handle, the domed pewter cover connected with a shell thumbpiece to the handle (crack to lower part of the handle, chip to the base rim)
23.7 cm. high

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Lot Essay

A related example attributed to Dutch Delft and dated 1634, in J.D. van Dam, 'Vroege faience uit Delft', in Mededelingenblad Nederlandse Vereniging van Vrienden van de Ceramiek, nr. 135, 1989/3, p. 8 ill. 5.
F. Scholten, Dutch Majolica & Delftware from the Edwin van Drecht Collection, Amsterdam, 1993, p. 110 nr. 96 attributes this class of jugs with a dull glaze and rather heavy decoration, seemingly earlier than Delft pieces, to English Delftware.

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