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AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE SMALL POSSET POT AND COVER CIRCA 1680-90 |
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- height 4 5/8 in.
- 11.8 cm
probably London or Bristol, of cylindrical form applied with two scrolling strap handles, painted on the exterior and on the cover with a Chinoiserie figure seated in a garden.
Provenance
Jonathan Horne, London, November, 1981
Vogel Collection no. 356
Vogel Collection no. 356
Condition
In good appearance and condition. Only minor typical glaze chipping to top edge of rim and very minor scattered glaze flakes to extremities.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
To make a Sack posset, according to The Cooks Guide: Or, Rare Receipts for Cookery, 1654, 'Take a quart of thick cream, boyle it with whole spice, then take sixteen eggs, yolks and whites beaten very well, then heat about three quarters of a pint of sack, and mingle well with your eggs, then stir them into your cream, and sweeten it, then cover it up close for half an hour or more over a seething pot of water or over very slow embers, in a bason, and it will become like a cheese.'
It is uncommon for posset pots of this type to retain their original covers. See Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-Glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, pp. 203-205, for posset pots of this form and other examples with this type of painting. A posset pot decorated in this manner, though of a bulbous form, was in the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, sold in these rooms, January 20, 2006, lot 28, and a further example was sold Sotheby's London, November 21 2006, lot 37.
It is uncommon for posset pots of this type to retain their original covers. See Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-Glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, pp. 203-205, for posset pots of this form and other examples with this type of painting. A posset pot decorated in this manner, though of a bulbous form, was in the Harriet Carlton Goldweitz Collection, sold in these rooms, January 20, 2006, lot 28, and a further example was sold Sotheby's London, November 21 2006, lot 37.