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A RARE LONDON WHITE DELFTWARE CIRCULAR SALT CIRCA 1650-80 |
估價
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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描述
- height 3 5/8 in.
- 9.4 cm
raised on a spreading circular foot, the wide flat rim applied with three upright scrolls.
來源
F. H. Garner, no. 323, bearing label
Donna Simon Collection, sold, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 6, 2007, lot 1588
Jonathan Horne, August, 2007
Vogel Collection no. 788
Donna Simon Collection, sold, Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, August 6, 2007, lot 1588
Jonathan Horne, August, 2007
Vogel Collection no. 788
Condition
One applied scroll restored with an associated area at rim. Some scattered glaze chips to rim and footrim. There is a hairline crack to the upper 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.
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.
拍品資料及來源
Salt was an expensive commodity, and salts were introduced to the table first in silver medium. The present form with upright scrolls derives from silver salts introduced in the 1630s. The scrolls are thought to have supported either a plate or a napkin. In Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800, p. 91, Amanda E. Lange quotes a contemporary reference, published in Randle Holme, An Academy of Armory, Ch. XIV, p. 5: (the scrolls) were used "to sett an other dish upon; which kinde of stands, being so sett, make the feast looke full and noble as if there were two tables or one dish above another." Another delftware form with three upright scrolls is found with a "ruffled" rim as opposed the flat rim of the present example.
The earliest and only dated example of this form is inscribed 'A.W. 1675' and was formerly in the Longridge Collection, illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, pp. 232-233, cat. no. D. 208. Grigsby refers to the 1699 inventory of John Robins, the manager of the Pickleherring factory, where 375 "small Curles salts", "middle curles saltes" and "large curles salts" are listed, "curles" referring most likely to the appendages on the salts, ibid. p. 232.
An undecorated salt of this form is illustrated by Ivor Noël Hume, Early English Delftware from London and Virginia, Williamsburg, 1977, p. 29, pl. 16, where the author draws parallels with a flower vase with similar scrolls (see lot 659 for a similar vase) and dates it to the second half of the 17th century. Scrolls and other fragments that relate to this form have been excavated on several sites in North America, including New Haven, Plymouth and New Hampshire, ibid., p. 19. Amanda E. Lange refers to fragments of salts with scrolls being excavated at Platform Wharf in Rotherhithe, at Pickleherring Pottery in Southwark, at Norfolk House in Lambeth and at Mark Brown's Wharf in Southwark, Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800, Deerfield, 2001, p. 91 where the author illustrates a similar salt, p. 90, cat. no. 48. Other similar examples are illustrated by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes, English Delftware from the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Washington D.C., 1977, p. 39, cat. no. 18 ; Frank Britton, London Delftware, London, 1987, p. 115, cat. no. 44; John Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 1994, p. 189, cat. no. 369; and two others in Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1997, London, p. 273, cat. no. G. 4.
A similar example from the Collection of Susan and Mark Laracy was sold in these rooms, January 20, 2007, lot 203. Other examples sold at auction include: Property of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Sotheby's, London, March 25, 1980, lot 15; Phillips, London, March 11, 1987, lot 82; and the Price Glover Collection, Christie's, London, June 14, 1988, lot 4.
The earliest and only dated example of this form is inscribed 'A.W. 1675' and was formerly in the Longridge Collection, illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, pp. 232-233, cat. no. D. 208. Grigsby refers to the 1699 inventory of John Robins, the manager of the Pickleherring factory, where 375 "small Curles salts", "middle curles saltes" and "large curles salts" are listed, "curles" referring most likely to the appendages on the salts, ibid. p. 232.
An undecorated salt of this form is illustrated by Ivor Noël Hume, Early English Delftware from London and Virginia, Williamsburg, 1977, p. 29, pl. 16, where the author draws parallels with a flower vase with similar scrolls (see lot 659 for a similar vase) and dates it to the second half of the 17th century. Scrolls and other fragments that relate to this form have been excavated on several sites in North America, including New Haven, Plymouth and New Hampshire, ibid., p. 19. Amanda E. Lange refers to fragments of salts with scrolls being excavated at Platform Wharf in Rotherhithe, at Pickleherring Pottery in Southwark, at Norfolk House in Lambeth and at Mark Brown's Wharf in Southwark, Delftware at Historic Deerfield, 1600-1800, Deerfield, 2001, p. 91 where the author illustrates a similar salt, p. 90, cat. no. 48. Other similar examples are illustrated by Michael Archer and Brian Morgan, Fair as China Dishes, English Delftware from the Collection of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Washington D.C., 1977, p. 39, cat. no. 18 ; Frank Britton, London Delftware, London, 1987, p. 115, cat. no. 44; John Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, Williamsburg, 1994, p. 189, cat. no. 369; and two others in Michael Archer, Delftware in the Fitzwilliam Museum, 1997, London, p. 273, cat. no. G. 4.
A similar example from the Collection of Susan and Mark Laracy was sold in these rooms, January 20, 2007, lot 203. Other examples sold at auction include: Property of Mrs. Marion Morgan and Brian Morgan, Sotheby's, London, March 25, 1980, lot 15; Phillips, London, March 11, 1987, lot 82; and the Price Glover Collection, Christie's, London, June 14, 1988, lot 4.