CIRCA 1685, PROBABLY LONDON

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AN ENGLISH DELFT BLEU PERSAN MUG
CIRCA 1685, PROBABLY LONDON
Of cylindrical form the loop handle with white dash-ornament and a raised band beneath the rim, painted in white with a seated Oriental figure before trees and boulders, the upper rim with scrolls and dots
3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court; Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1986, lot 32.

Literature

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D252.

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

See Michael Archer, Delftware. The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles. A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1997, p. 247 & 248, C.13, for an example in the museum's collection with a silver mount. See also John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 1994, p. 105, no. 90 for a similar mug.

For a similar globular mug see Frank Britton, London Delftware, London, 1987, p. 90, col. pl. L & p. 135, no. 98 for which a Norfolk House attribution is suggested. Fragments of this dark lustrous blue have been found in both London, at Pickleherring and Norfolk House and at Brislington.

For a similar globular mug see Frank Britton, London Delftware, London, 1987, p. 90, col. pl. L & p. 135, no. 98 for which a Norfolk House attribution is suggested.

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