TWO ENGLISH WHITE DELFTWARE OINTMENT POTS SECOND HALF 17TH CENTURY |

probably London, each of characteristically squat cylindrical form with a flared foot.

one, A. J. Filkins, bearing label
Joseph V. Vizcarra Collection, Chicago, nos. 81 and 82, bearing labels
Vogel Collection no. 257

Glaze loss to rims and fine hairline cracks.
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Two undecorated examples of this form are illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, London, 2013, cat. nos. J.5 -6, p. 316, where the author mentions that they were excavated in London and were probably made there. Other similar examples are illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware, The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, London, 1997, cat. no. J. 13-16 and J. 18, p. 385-386 and in F. H. Garner, English Delftware, London, 1948, fig. 11 A (right).