AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE BLUE AND WHITE PORRINGER CIRCA 1730 |

affixed with a seven lobed pierced handle, painted around the exterior with oak leaves, the center of the interior with a foliate sprig beneath a scalloped border around the rim.

Alistair Sampson Antiques, London, January 1986
Vogel Collection no. 434

In good condition, minor glaze flaking to rim edge.
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A similar example decorated with oak-leaves around the exterior was sold, Christie's, London, February 24, 2003, lot 6. Another with more stylized leaves is illustrated by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection, London, 1982, p. 82, fig. 5.15.