English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th April 2010

Lot 197

A rare delftware holy water stoup

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

A rare delftware holy water stoup, moulded with Christ crucified between two winged figures, surmounted by an angel head, the bowl with vertical ribs, the details picked out in shades of blue, 18th century, broken and restored, 17.4cm. Cf. Garry Atkins, A Catalogue of English Pottery 2009, for a previously unrecorded English example.