Staffordshire Combed Slipware Drinking Cup

Description:

Staffordshire Combed Slipware Drinking Cup, England, c. 1690-1700, side loop handle to a cylindrical shape with slightly flaring rim and recessed foot, orangish-buff ground decorated with vertical brown stripes and enhanced with S-scrolls, ht. 4 in.

Literature: Illustrated in Ceramics in America - 2001 by Chipstone, p. 191, fig. 5.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Several rim chips; rim hairline of 3".


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