DATED 1701, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN EAGLESTONE

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A WROTHAM SLIPWARE DATED AND INITIALED DOCUMENTARY TYG
DATED 1701, ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN EAGLESTONE
Of squat baluster form with two loop handles, the lustrous dark-brown ground inscribed in raised cream slip with stylized swag ornament and stud pattern panels, enclosing the date '1701' and with the initials 'IE' between the handles, the lower part inscribed 'WROTHAM'
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Miss. D.L. Hilder; Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1969, lot 2.

Literature

L.B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, vol. 1, London, 2000, p. 117, cat. no. S54.

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Lot Essay

There are thirty-four pieces attributed to John Eaglestone, initialed 'IE' bearing dates from 1656-1721, twenty-three of which are two-handled globular tygs of this type. Ten of the thirty-four Eaglstone pieces are inscribed 'Wrotham' and range in date from 1703-1713-- the present jug pre-dates all of these.

A similar example inscribed and dated 'IE 1703 WROTHAM' from the Collection of the late Sir Victor and Lady Gollancz was sold Sotheby's, London, 15 July 1975, lot 67 and subsequently in the collection of Harriet Carlton Goldweitz, Sotheby's, New York, 20 January 2006, lot 38. Another similarly inscribed and dated '1707' from the collection of Michael Cohen, was sold by Sotheby's, London, 18 January 1972, lot 186. See L.B. Grigsby, English Slip-Decorated Earthenware at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 1993, p. 27, pl. 23 for an example dated 1709.

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