拍品 682
  • 682

A STAFFORDSHIRE SALT-GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE DATED 'PORTOBELLO' TANKARD 1739 |

估價
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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描述

  • height 6 3/8 in.
  • 16.1 cm
of tall cylindrical form with spreading foot, applied with a grooved strap handle, with turned bands, sprigged on the exterior with a scene of the battle flanked by the inscription 'THE/ BRITISH/ GLORY./ REVIV'D', 'BY:/ ADMIRA/ VERNON', 'HE/ TOOK:/ PORTO'/BELLO', 'WITH/ SIX:/ SHIPS/ ONLY/', 'NOV:YE/ :22:1739'.

來源

Jonathan Horne, London, November, 2001, bearing label
Vogel Collection no. 700

Condition

There is a faint three-point hairline crack to the body, located to the left of the handle, measuring approximately 7cm long. Two small patches of associated light staining. The interior at this area covered with a form of spray.
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拍品資料及來源

On 21st November 1739 Admiral Edward "Old Grog" Vernon (1684-1757) captured the Spanish colonial possession of Porto Bello (now in Panama) using just six ships, against the 700 strong Spanish infantry. Vernon was subsequently granted the Freedom of the City of London and commemorative medals and ceramics such as the present example were produced to celebrate the victory.

Vessels depicting this event were clearly popular in the 18th century, as salt-glaze sherds showing sprigged decoration of this type have been unearthed dispersed as far as Maryland. An example is in the collection of Lady Charlotte Schreiber, now in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, mus. no. 414:942-1885. The taking of Porto bello and sprigged decoration of this form is discussed by Felicity Marno in This blessed plot, this earth, London, 2011, pp. 46-48. A further tankard was sold at Sotheby's London, May 4 2017, lot 92.