DATED 1699

細節

A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE TWO-HANDLED BRAGGET-POT
DATED 1699
The cream-coloured ground decorated with dark-brown and lighter-brown slip tulips, enriched with cream slip ornament, the border inscribed THE BEST IS NOT TOO GOOD FOR YOU 1699
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high

來源

Formally in the collection of Mrs. Garforth-Bliss.

出版

Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Vol. 2, London, 2000, p. 129, S71.

注意事項

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榮譽呈獻

Nicola Chan

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拍品專文

Bragget pots were used for a drink made from ale and fermented honey, or ale that was sweetened and spiced. The phrase, 'The best is not too good for you' was often used in combination with bold foliate decoration to decorate bragget and posset-pots in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

DATED 1699

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拍品專文

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