AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE MINIATURE CAULDRON CIRCA 1720-30 |

of squat form set on either side of the rim with a small loop handle and raised on three peg feet, painted with four stylized flower sprays, the flaring rim with a leaf motif.

Garry Atkins, London, October, 1998, bearing label
Vogel Collection no. 645.1

Chip and glaze loss to rim. Both handles and underside of feet with glaze flakes. Glaze loss to rim. To one side there is an area of discoloured spray to the outer edge of the bulbous body, and to both sides of the rim.
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Miniature 'toy' wares such as this were probably inspired by Dutch miniature silver forms which were exported to England in the 18th century. The same forms probably influenced toy wares produced at the Worcester porcelain factory. A cauldron painted in colors is illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 229, D205. A further blue and white example in a different flower design. is illustrated by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 72, 4.12. A third polychrome cauldron pot was sold at Bonhams, London, December 8, 2004, lot 188.