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Lot 143

An English delftware posset pot, circa 1685-1700

15 April 2025, 10:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An English delftware posset pot, circa 1685-1700

Of small size, the elaborate handles with corkscrew terminals and serpent tails picked out in turquoise and blue, the body painted with birds and plants in blue trekked in black, a diaper and foliate panelled border below the rim, 10.9cm high

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Provenance
Lipski Collection, Sotheby's, 17 November 1981, lot 238
Graham Slater Collection

Graham Slater described this as a loving cup. Without a spout it may indeed have been intended to function as a wassail cup, rather than for posset specifically. Similar elaborate handle forms can be found on several late 17th century posset pots, including the example from the S J McManus Collection, dated 1695, which was sold by Bonhams on 12 November 2014, lot 9. Two other related examples in the Fitzwilliam Museum, illustrated by Michael Archer (2013), D17 and D26, dated 1681 and 1699 respectively. Both are decorated in blue save for the serpent handles, which are picked out vibrant turquoise, associated with Brislington.

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