AN ENGLISH 'BORDERWARE' SMALL JUG MID-16TH CENTURY |

of bulbous form with a ribbed neck applied with a loop handle, the upper part partially covered in a green glaze.

Garry Atkins, London, November, 1998
Vogel Collection no. 651

In good condition and appearance.
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'Borderware' is the name given to ware from an area on the Hampshire - Surrey border, in production from at least the 16th century. A similar jug from the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection was sold, Sotheby's New York, January 20, 2006, lot 3; a further jug is in the Museum of London Collection, mus. id. A10673. Wares of this type appear to have been exported to the American colonies.