Lot 33 A Donyatt slipware fuddling cup or 'jolly boy', circa 1730-40
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| 拍卖公司 | 邦瀚斯 |
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| 拍卖时间 | 2026年07月01日 |
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拍品信息
拍品名称
A Donyatt slipware fuddling cup or 'jolly boy', circa 1730-40
起拍价
GBP 800
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Formed as three conjoined vessels with globular bodies and neat spreading feet, linked through holes in their walls and by twisted handles, the red clay dipped in cream slip beneath a honey-coloured glaze and attractively splashed in green, 15cm wide
Footnotes
Provenance
Bonhams, 8 December 2004, lot 180
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol. 2, 2021, p. 86, fig. b
These cups were used in drinking games to 'fuddle' or inebriate the drinker as different alcoholic beverages are mixed inside the conjoined chambers. The earliest English examples are found in delftware, see for example that from the Peter and Mary White Collection sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2025, lot 12, illustrated by Mary White alongside the present lot together with an important Bovey Tracey porcelain example, lot 174 in this sale. In ceramics, the concept goes back to early medieval times, with the distinctive shape of 17th century London fuddling cups probably derived from German stoneware. Two examples of this type dated 1733 and 1734 or 1739 are illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, , Vol.1, 2000, pp.138-9, nos.S77 and S78. See also the example dated 1733 sold by Bonhams on 6 June 2007, lot 60. For a Bovey Tracey porcelain fuddling cup made in the same region, see lot 174 in this sale.
Footnotes
Provenance
Bonhams, 8 December 2004, lot 180
Literature
White, Mary, Drinking at the Whites' House, Vol. 2, 2021, p. 86, fig. b
These cups were used in drinking games to 'fuddle' or inebriate the drinker as different alcoholic beverages are mixed inside the conjoined chambers. The earliest English examples are found in delftware, see for example that from the Peter and Mary White Collection sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2025, lot 12, illustrated by Mary White alongside the present lot together with an important Bovey Tracey porcelain example, lot 174 in this sale. In ceramics, the concept goes back to early medieval times, with the distinctive shape of 17th century London fuddling cups probably derived from German stoneware. Two examples of this type dated 1733 and 1734 or 1739 are illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, , Vol.1, 2000, pp.138-9, nos.S77 and S78. See also the example dated 1733 sold by Bonhams on 6 June 2007, lot 60. For a Bovey Tracey porcelain fuddling cup made in the same region, see lot 174 in this sale.
