A LONDON DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE SMALL MUG CIRCA 1690-1700 |

of pear shape, painted with a Chinoiserie figure seated beside rockwork in a continuous landscape.

Sotheby's, London, February 24, 1987, lot 19
Jonathan Horne, London
Vogel Collection no. 473

The rim with two chips and a hairline crack, approximately 3.3 cm long.
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A mug of near identical form is illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 266, D.251, formerly in the Collection of John Philip Kassebaum, sold, Sotheby's, London, October 1, 1991, lot 21, and the Warren Collection, sold, Philip's, London, March 11, 1986, lot 86.