GROUP OF THREE ENGLISH DELFTWARE OINTMENT POTS FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

Probably London.

Robert Hunter, Period Designs, Yorktown, Virginia.

Each with considerable chipping along the edges and some glaze losses. The largest: with three short haircracks running down the rim and two stilt marks on the body, Smaller pots: One has a 1-inch shallow broken piece at the footrim. The other with a3/4-inch shallow chip at the foot rim and discoloration to the interior.
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Similar examples are illustrated in Michael Archer, Delftware, The Tin-glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, p. 381, cat. no. J 2 and in Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, p. 315, cat. no. J 2.