
John Sandon
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Provenance:
John Philip Kassebaum, Sotheby's sale 7 October 1992, lot 84
Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 24 January 2011, lot 83
Literature:
Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D254
Exhibited:
The Merchant's House, Marlborough, Wiltshire, 2011-2018
A mug of related shape and decoration is illustrated by Frank Britton, English Delftware in the Bristol Collection (1982), p.88, fig.6.6. Wide tankards of generous proportions are traditionally known as Porter Mugs, Toast Mugs or Grace Mugs and had a ceremonial purpose for communal toasting. A delftware example dated 1663 was sold by Bonhams 3 June 2015, lot 7.