A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DATED AND INITIALED POSSET-POT
Lot 160 SYD LEVETHAN: THE LONGRIDGE COLLECTION

A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DATED AND INITIALED POSSET-POT

CIRCA 1671

Closed22 January 2021

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A STAFFORDSHIRE SLIPWARE DATED AND INITIALED POSSET-POT
CIRCA 1671
With a short ribbed spout and loop handles, the ochre ground with dark brown combed faux agate decoration with the date '1671' and the initials 'RF' flanking the spout, the reverse with the initials, 'E/IW' beneath the inscription to the rim 'GOD SAVE THE KING AND BLESS HIM', all in brown slip with cream dot ornament
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

Anonymous Sale: Christie's London, 14th December 1981, lot 153.
With Jellinek and Sampson, London.

Specialist note


This posset-pot is among the earliest examples of English slipware with combed decoration.