SYD LEVETHAN: THE LONGRIDGE COLLECTION
AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME INITIALED AND INSCRIBED HAND-WARMER
LATE 17TH CENTURY, LONDON
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AN ENGLISH DELFT POLYCHROME INITIALED AND INSCRIBED HAND-WARMER
LATE 17TH CENTURY, LONDON
The hollow spine with ribbing separating blue scrolls, the front and back covers both with yellow diamonds flanked by the initials 'R/S' surrounded by a blue and white border, the pages with inscription 'EXSEPT/OF/THIS/MY/HART/WITH/AL/MY/LOVE/IS/GREAT/THOE/THIS/BE/SMAL'
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high
LATE 17TH CENTURY, LONDON
The hollow spine with ribbing separating blue scrolls, the front and back covers both with yellow diamonds flanked by the initials 'R/S' surrounded by a blue and white border, the pages with inscription 'EXSEPT/OF/THIS/MY/HART/WITH/AL/MY/LOVE/IS/GREAT/THOE/THIS/BE/SMAL'
3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 27 July 1982, lot 222.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1993, lot 21.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 20 October 1993, lot 21.
Literature
L.B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, vol. 2, p. 392, cat. no. D354.
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