A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE APOTHECARY JAR

CIRCA 1600-1640, PROBABLY ALDGATE OR SOUTHWARK

Details

A LONDON DELFT BLUE AND WHITE APOTHECARY JAR
CIRCA 1600-1640, PROBABLY ALDGATE OR SOUTHWARK
Of cylindrical form, painted with a broad band of continuous scrolling foliage within gadrooned and dot-pattern borders
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Brian and Marion Morgan.
With Peter Williams, 1993.

Literature

Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes, English Delftware, From the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington D.C., 1977, p. 17, cl. pl. V.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D393.

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Lot Essay

Based on archeological evidence, the ornament found on the present pot has long been associated with the Aldgate factory. Iznik inspired decoration of this type also occurs on Netherlandish apothecary vessels.

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