Lot Essay
It may be that this bottle was made for the celebrated John Tomes of Long Marston, who, in 1651 sheltered Charles II on his flight from Worcester.
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1650, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK
Details
A LONDON DELFT INSCRIBED AND DATED BLUE AND WHITE 'WHIT' WINE-BOTTLE
1650, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK
Of conventional type, inscribed WHIT/1650 above a rectangular double line cartouche inscribed IOHN*TOMES
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
1650, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK
Of conventional type, inscribed WHIT/1650 above a rectangular double line cartouche inscribed IOHN*TOMES
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
G.E. Howard; Sotheby's, London, 24 July 1956, lot 64.
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1986, lot 15.
Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1986, lot 15.
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D223.
Leslie B. Grigsby, 'Dated English Defltware and Slipware in the Longridge Collection', The Magazine Antiques, 155, June 1999, p. 879, pl. 6.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 329, no. 1417.
G.E. Howard, 'Lambeth Delft', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 1935, pp. 8-11, pl. 2.
G.E. Howard, Early English Drug Jars, London, 1931, pl. 21, no. 75.
Leslie B. Grigsby, 'Dated English Defltware and Slipware in the Longridge Collection', The Magazine Antiques, 155, June 1999, p. 879, pl. 6.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 329, no. 1417.
G.E. Howard, 'Lambeth Delft', English Ceramic Circle Transactions, 1935, pp. 8-11, pl. 2.
G.E. Howard, Early English Drug Jars, London, 1931, pl. 21, no. 75.
Exhibited
London, Vinters' Hall, Loan Exhibition of Drinking Vessels, June 1933, pl. 198.
London, Charles II Loan Exhibition, January 1932, no. 725.
London, Charles II Loan Exhibition, January 1932, no. 725.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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