
John Sandon
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Provenance:
Sotheby's sale 30 November 1962, lot 72
Thomas G. Burn, Rous Lench Court, Christie's sale 29 May 1990, lot 25
Syd Levethan, Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 25 May 2011, lot 228
Literature:
Illustrated by Lipski and Archer, Dated English Delftware (1984), p.190, fig.849. Also illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig.D270
The tradition of drinking from stirrup cups after a hunt, presumably filled from a punchbowl, accounts for a number of recorded punchbowls in delftware painted with hunting scenes, and even a tray, perhaps for serving stirrup cups. Possibly as a result of this tradition, tankards with hunting scenes are surprisingly rare.