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An English delftware water bottle or guglet, circa 1760 image 1
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Offered in support of Art Fund
Lot 96

An English delftware water bottle or guglet, circa 1760

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

Sold for £768 inc. premium

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An English delftware water bottle or guglet, circa 1760

Probably Bristol, the globular body painted in blue with European figures promenading along a riverbank by tall trees, others crossing the river in small boats, a town visible on the far bank, an elaborate rococo border with diaper and exuberant scrolls below the flared rim, which is nipped at one side to form a pouring lip, 23.7cm high

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Provenance
With Garry Atkins, 1996
Graham Slater Collection

An octagonal tea canister with similar rococo scrollwork decoration from the Olive Collection was sold by Bonhams on 31 January 2019, lot 58. Most English delftware guglets or water bottles do not have a pouring lip.

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