LOT 104 An impressive English delftware porter mug, dated 1698
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An impressive English delftware porter mug, dated 1698
Of very wide form with cylindrical sides and a turned spreading foot, the generous strap handle with a curled lower terminal, painted in two tones of blue outlined in blue-black with two birds among Oriental plants, between simple borders, inscribed beside the handle with initials H/I:A 1698, 13.7cm high
|Provenance:John Philip Kassebaum, Sotheby's sale 7 October 1992, lot 84Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 24 January 2011, lot 83Literature:Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D254Exhibited:The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2011-2018A mug of related shape and decoration is illustrated by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p.88, fig.6.6. Wide tankards of generous proportions are traditionally known as Porter Mugs, Toast Mugs or Grace Mugs and had a ceremonial purpose for communal toasting. A delftware example dated 1663 was sold by Bonhams 3 June 2015, lot 7.
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