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A LONDON DELFT DATED HAND-WARMER
1693
In the form of a book, the covers with the inscription The·Gift·Is·Small/Good·will·Is·all above the date 16·93 to both sides, within a border of lozenge-ornament, the reverse with a similar inscription, the moulded spine painted with stylised insects, the page edges painted with fine lines reserved on a pale green ground, pierced with an aperture to one lower corner (broken and restored with associated over-painting, some glaze chipping to rims)
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
1693
In the form of a book, the covers with the inscription The·Gift·Is·Small/Good·will·Is·all above the date 16·93 to both sides, within a border of lozenge-ornament, the reverse with a similar inscription, the moulded spine painted with stylised insects, the page edges painted with fine lines reserved on a pale green ground, pierced with an aperture to one lower corner (broken and restored with associated over-painting, some glaze chipping to rims)
4¾ in. (12.1 cm.) high
Provenance
With Jonathan Horne, London.
Literature
Jonathan Horne, A Collection of English Pottery, London, 1994, Part XIV, no. 389.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D355.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. II, D355.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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