Lot Essay
Compare Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 101, nos. 7.13 thru 7.16 and Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1994, p. 261, no. 622.
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1748, PROBABLY LIVERPOOL
Details
AN ENGLISH DELFT DATED BLUE AND WHITE CORNUCOPIA WALL-POCKET
1748, PROBABLY LIVERPOOL
Spirally molded with three rosettes above a spiral section, painted with sprigs of flowers below a 'cracked-ice' pattern rim, the reverse with the date 1748 flanking the initials G/I·I among scrolls
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
1748, PROBABLY LIVERPOOL
Spirally molded with three rosettes above a spiral section, painted with sprigs of flowers below a 'cracked-ice' pattern rim, the reverse with the date 1748 flanking the initials G/I·I among scrolls
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Louis L. Lipski, no. 1094; Sotheby's, London, 1 March 1983, lot 454.
John Philip Kassebaum; Sotheby's, London, 1 October 1991, lot 87.
John Philip Kassebaum; Sotheby's, London, 1 October 1991, lot 87.
Literature
Frank Tilley, 'The Twiss Crown Posset Pot and some previously unrecorded dated English delftware', Apollo, December 1952, p. 181, fig. VIII and fig. IX.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-Glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, no. 1568.
John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1994, p. 261-no. 622, footnote 2.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D377.
Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-Glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, no. 1568.
John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1994, p. 261-no. 622, footnote 2.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D377.
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