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Lot 24

8 June 2005, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,320 inc. premium

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A rare English delft salt

late 17th century
of goblet shape on a conical foot banded in blue, applied with a simple loop handle outlined in green, the front inscribed in blue with a mirrored cipher within a green wreath, 8.6cm (very minor glaze wear to rims)

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The cipher on the front may be read as MR and WR, possibly for William and Mary. It might also be the sign of a pharmacy. An example of similar shape from the Rous Lench collection is painted with an angel head in blue. This is now in the Longridge Collection and in his Catalogue, Michael Archer notes that this motif is usually seen on pharmacy vessels.

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