AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE SMALL MUG CIRCA 1680 |

probably London, of bulbous form painted around the exterior in blue and manganese with a seated Chinoiserie figure in a continuous landscape beneath a lappet border around the cylindrical neck.

Christie's New York, April 17, 2000, lot 7
Jonathan Horne, London, April, 2000
Vogel Collection no. 681

In overall good appearance. Minor glaze loss to rims, the upper rim with two minor shallow chips.
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A slightly larger mug of this form and decoration is illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, London, 2000, Vol. 2, p. 276, D250. A further mug was in the collection of Stanley J. Seeger, sold, Sotheby's, New York, October 20, 1993, lot 27.