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1698
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A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DATED TWO-HANDLED BRAGGET-POT
1698
The broad cylindrical body applied with loop handles, the cream-coloured ground decorated in brown slip with cream dot-ornament, enclosing lighter-brown slip, the border inscribed THE·BEST·IS·NOT·TOO·GOOD·FOR·YOV·1698, above stylised tulips flanked by the initials RF and WS, the handles with dash-ornament (cracked from rim and some scattered flaking)
The cup 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; about 10¼ in. (26.7 cm.) wide across the handles
1698
The broad cylindrical body applied with loop handles, the cream-coloured ground decorated in brown slip with cream dot-ornament, enclosing lighter-brown slip, the border inscribed THE·BEST·IS·NOT·TOO·GOOD·FOR·YOV·1698, above stylised tulips flanked by the initials RF and WS, the handles with dash-ornament (cracked from rim and some scattered flaking)
The cup 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high; about 10¼ in. (26.7 cm.) wide across the handles
Literature
Leslie B. Grigsby, 'Some Dated English Drinking Vessels with Trailed-Slip Decoration 1612-1752.', The Magazine Antiques, 147. no. 6, June 1995, p. 878, pl. 11.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. I, S70.
Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Catalogue, Vol. I, S70.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
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