
John Sandon
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Provenance:
Kenneth Hammitt, Skinner's sale 11 December 1993, lot 20
Syd Levethan, the Longridge Collection, Christie's sale 24 January 2011, lot 151
Literature:
Illustrated by Leslie B. Grigsby, the Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware (2000), fig. D319
Bowls with fish swimming inside were clearly popular with the export trade for many examples have been excavated at Williamsburg and other North American sites. Punchbowls decorated with fish are recorded and the inscription 'keep me swimming', inviting the owner to re-fill the bowl with punch as it gets emptied.