Asian Art, Glass and European Ceramics - 29th November 2006

Lot 638

A rare English Delftware flower vase

Estimate £1,200 - £1,400

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Description

A rare English Delftware flower vase, with a crimped rim, three subsidiary necks divided with scrolls, raised on a flared foot. Some staining and glaze peppering. late 17th century, 12cm. across. Cf: J. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, fig.13, for a similar fragmentary vessel recovered from the cellar of a house that burned down, c.1715 in the Yamassee War.