5 Dec 2007
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine English and Welsh Pottery, Porcelain and Glass
Back to auction 15273
Fine English and Welsh Pottery, Porcelain and Glass
Back to auction 15273
A good English mediaeval jug
13th or 14th century
Of baluster shape, the neck with horizontal ridges with a loop handle, of reddish brown clay with olive green glaze, the middle section with a band of loops applied in creamy slip, on a plain sagging base, 24.5cm high, inscribed 'London' in ink (minor rim chips)
Of baluster shape, the neck with horizontal ridges with a loop handle, of reddish brown clay with olive green glaze, the middle section with a band of loops applied in creamy slip, on a plain sagging base, 24.5cm high, inscribed 'London' in ink (minor rim chips)
Sold for
£1,800
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Other jugs of this type have been found in London where they are thought to have been made. See Bernard Rackham, Medieval English Pottery, no 51 for a jug in the Museum of London applied with slip decoration found in Basinghall Street
Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics
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