AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE DATED MUG 1681 |

of pear shape, painted with an elaborate scroll-edged heart-shaped panel inscribed 'F∙B' above the date '1681', surmounted with a fleur-de-lys.

Sotheby's London, June 20, 2000, lot 8
Jonathan Horne, London, June, 2000
Vogel Collection no. 682

In good condition and appearance. Only some small nibble chips to rim, visible in catalogue illustration.
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Perhaps the closest recorded piece to the present example in terms of decoration is a cup and cover dated 1680 painted with initials I.M in a heart-shaped cartouche with fleur-de-lys, which was formerly in the Lipski Collection, sold Sotheby's London, November 17 1981, lot 227; then the Longridge Collection, published by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 308, D283 and Louis L. Lipski and Michael Archer, Dated English Delftware, Tin-glazed Earthenware 1600-1800, London, 1984, p. 205, no. 909. Further documentary pieces incorporating a fleur-de-lys include a marriage jug inscribed 'O/S.H/ 1677', sold at Bonham's London, June 10 2003, lot 86; and a two handled cup inscribed 'G/ A.A/ 1688', illustrated by Lipski and Archer, ibid., p. 925, no. 922, from the Lipski Collection, sold, Sotheby's London, March 10, 1981, 57.