Lot 619
  • 619

AN ENGLISH SLIPWARE TWO-HANDLED CUP CIRCA 1700-20 |

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • width across handles 6 5/8 in.
  • 16.8 cm
trailed in brown slip on either side of the cream-ground bulbous body beneath a band of dots around the slightly everted rim, set with two small loop handles.

Provenance

Roger Bacon Collection, Skinner Auctioneers, Boston, Massachusetts, September 24-25, 1982
John S. Walton, Griswold, Connecticut, October, 1982
Vogel Collection no. 378.2

Condition

In good appearance. There are four flat chips to the underside of the slightly flaring rim. Some glaze loss to edge of rim and one handle, the other handle with minor glaze loss to extremities. Fine glaze crazing, the interior with some associated minor light staining.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Catalogue Note

Further single and two handled cups of this type are illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 1, p. 123, S62-S64. Another cup was in the Collection of Thomas Burn, Rous Lench Court, sold, Sotheby's, London, July 1 1986, lot 88.