Lot 706
  • 706

A VERY RARE ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR SALT CIRCA 1660-75 |

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • height 4 1/2 in.
  • 11.4 cm
painted around and in the center of the well with a sprig of cherries and around the foot with trailing sprays of flowers, the wide flat rim affixed with three upright scrolls.

Provenance

Jonathan Horne, London, February, 1984
Vogel Collection no. 399

Condition

The piece is in good order and appearance. There is a small shallow chip to edge of footrim, measuring approximately 0.6cm wide. There is minor typical glaze flakes to extremities of applied scrolls and underside edge of curved rim.
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

Other blue and white examples of this form that are known include three 'blue persan' examples, one in the Fitzwilliam Museum, illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, London, 2013, p. 275, cat. no. G. 6; one in the British Museum, London; and another in the Cecil Higgins Museum, Bedford. A blue and white example from the Louis Lipski Collection, decorated with Chinoiserie flowers and birds was sold at Sotheby's London, March 10, 1981, lot 50. Another example from the same collection painted with a seated Chinese figure in the center and decorated with scroll motifs was sold in the same sale, lot 51. Lastly, another salt similarly decorated with a sprig of cherries in the well, was sold at Sotheby's, London, September 29, 1987, lot 17.