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A LONDON DELFT INSCRIBED AND INITIALED BLUE AND WHITE WINE-BOTTLE
Lot 279

A LONDON DELFT INSCRIBED AND INITIALED BLUE AND WHITE WINE-BOTTLE

CIRCA 1640, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK

Fermé24 January 2020

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A LONDON DELFT INSCRIBED AND INITIALED BLUE AND WHITE WINE-BOTTLE
CIRCA 1640, PROBABLY SOUTHWARK
With loop handle, painted with a rampant beast within a laurel-wreath below the initials D/D.A., flanked by the inscription WHEN.THIS.YOV.SE / REMEMBER.ME
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

J.H. Taylor Collection; Sotheby's, London, 13 November 1930, lot 278.
G. E. Howard Collection; Sotheby's, London, 24 July 1956, lot 59.
Thomas George Burn, The Rous Lench Court Collection; Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1986, lot 16.

Note du spécialiste


Howard op.cit. has suggested that the beast on the front of this bottle is a 'prancing fox.' It has also been described as a rampant dog or possibly a griffin, though no firm identification can be made.

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