Lot Essay
For similar decoration of splashing in manganese and blue, see the saucer-dish, lot 1222 in this sale.
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CIRCA 1680-1700, PROBABLY LONDON
Details
AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME MUG
CIRCA 1680-1700, PROBABLY LONDON
Of globular form with short ribbed cylindrical neck and grooved loop handle with blue-dash ornament, the body with blue and manganese splashes
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
CIRCA 1680-1700, PROBABLY LONDON
Of globular form with short ribbed cylindrical neck and grooved loop handle with blue-dash ornament, the body with blue and manganese splashes
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The late A.S. Marsden-Smedley, Gablehurst, Branksome Park, Bournemouth and Normanhurst, Matlock, Derbyshire; Sotheby's, London 18 June 1943, lot 74.
T. Murray Ragg; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1954, lot 39.
The Estate of Mrs. Edith Pitts-Curtis; Owen F. Valentine & Co., Virginia, 22 & 23 October 1994, lot 366.
T. Murray Ragg; Sotheby's, London, 23 March 1954, lot 39.
The Estate of Mrs. Edith Pitts-Curtis; Owen F. Valentine & Co., Virginia, 22 & 23 October 1994, lot 366.
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D248.
Exhibition catalogue, The English Ceramic Circle 1927-1948, English Pottery and Porcelain. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1948, pl. 1, no. 19.
Exhibition catalogue, The English Ceramic Circle 1927-1948, English Pottery and Porcelain. Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1948, pl. 1, no. 19.
Exhibited
London, The Victoria and Albert Museum, English Ceramic Circle, English Pottery and Porcelain, 5 May - 20 June 1948, pl. 1, no. 19.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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