Tin-glazed Earthenware Storage Jar

Description:

Tin-glazed Earthenware Storage Jar, England, c. 1650-80, probably Southwark, the cylindrical shape with manganese and blue decoration of line and dash borders surrounding a wide central band with stacked dashes alternating with "eye" devices, ht. 5 1/4 in.

Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection; Ex Longridge collection.

Literature: Illustrated in The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware, by Grigsby, vol. 2, p. 439, illus. D392.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Consistent glaze loss surrounding top rim. Several rim hairlines. Age typical footrim chips. Single 1/4" surface chip.


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