Lot 639
  • 639

AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE MUG CIRCA 1700 |

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description

  • height 5 in.
  • 12.7 cm
of bulbous form painted in blue and outlined in dark manganese or black with a bird perched upon a spray of oriental flowers beneath a blue lappet border on the cylindrical neck. 

Provenance

Jonathan Horne, London, January, 1984
Vogel Collection no. 396

Condition

In good order and appearance. Tpyical glaze loss to rim edge and minor chips.
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