Lot 712
  • 712

A RARE ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE SMALL SPITOON LATE 17TH CENTURY |

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • height 3 3/8 in.
  • 8.4 cm
painted around the exterior with a seated Chinoiserie figure in a continuous landscape, the interior with a scrolling band within in blue line borders.

Provenance

Dr. C. H. Spiers Collection, bearing label
The Property of the late Dr C. H. Spiers, sold by order of the Executors, Sotheby's London, October 11, 1977, lot 39
Louis L. Lipski, London, October, 1977
Vogel Collection no. 281

Literature

John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 1994, p. 290, cited.

Condition

The rim with a chip to the rim measuring approximately 2.5cm at widest point by 1.2cm. A further small chip to the rim and rim of spout.
"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

Very few spittoons in English Delftware seem to have survived. A later example is at Colonial Williamsburg, illustrated by John C. Austin, op. cit., p. 290, no. 723, who cites the present lot and a further example in the white, published by J. K. Crellin, Medical Ceramics: A Catalogue of the English and Dutch Collection in the Museum of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, London, 1969, fig. 398. Three excavated examples of this form in the white are in the collection of the Museum of London, mus. ids. 6235, A4353 and B40.