Lot 1088
1088
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CAT-JUG
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A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CAT-JUG

CIRCA 1660, TRACES OF BLUE MARK TO BASE

Details
A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE CAT-JUG
CIRCA 1660, TRACES OF BLUE MARK TO BASE
Modelled as a tabby cat seated on his haunches, his striped tail curved beneath his legs and moulded up his chest, with striped fur, whiskers and face markings, the lip to the jug behind the cat's ears
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D349.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

Fragments of related examples have been excavated at Southwark Montague Close and Pickleherring sites and at Vauxhall. The closest in style to the present example is that inscribed L/W1/1659, see Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, London, 1984, p. 226, no. 1002, sold by Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1993, lot 19.

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