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Probably Vauxhall, of cylindrical form, painted in blue with a chinoiserie figure with arms raised in an oval panel between birds, terracing and pagodas, below a diaper border reserving alternating panels of 'precious objects' and insects, the interior dated '1736', 7cm high
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Provenance
Patrick Synge-Hutchison Collection;
With Jonathan Horne;
Longridge Collection, Christie's, 3 November 2011, lot 162
Literature
Lipski, Louis & Archer, Michael, Dated English Delftware, 1984, p.351, no.1550
Grigsby, Leslie B, The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, Vol.2, 2000, p.377, 342
Lipski and Archer record this as a container for wig powder, whereas Grigsby makes a case for its use as a sugar bowl. Although tea and coffee wares are relatively scarce in English delftware there would have been a desire for these forms during this period, just before the dawn of domestic porcelain production. Moreover, sugar was a vital component for making punch, and this may have accompanied a tin-glazed punch bowl.