Ceramics
London (Southwark or Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe
1660-1680
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
Thrown, Molded
1964.0623
Object Number1964.0623 |
Salt (Standing or scroll salt)
Ceramics
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
London (Southwark or Lambeth), England, United Kingdom, Europe
1660-1680
1. Label; Underside; Buff-colored, rectangular paper label with "[typed] GUITEL MONTAGUE / 579 MADISON AVE. N. Y. / [handwritten] LAMBETH DELFT / CIRCA 1650 / [typed] GUARANTEED GENUINE" in black and red ink
2. Inscription; Underside; Handwritten in yellow paint "ST2" or "5T2"
Earthenware (delftware, faience); Tin glaze
Thrown, Molded
5.197 (H) , 6.88 (Diam)
13.2 (H) , 17.475 (Diam)
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[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Similar form flat-rimmed delft scroll salt inscribed "AW/1675": vol. 2, p. 232, no. D208, underglaze blue painted with chinoiserie flowers and scrollwork. Provides history and archaeological information on this form.
[Catalogue] Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Similar object c. 1675: Summer Americana Auction (8/3- 8/5/07), Part II, lot no. 1588,
[Book] Britton, Frank. 1987 London Delftware.
• Similar form delft salt, excavated in London: p. 115, no. 44, probably Southwark, c. 1675
[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Wavy-rimmed delft scroll salt, left in white: vol. 2, p. 234, no. D209, London, 1660-80
[Book] Museum of London, Department of Greater London Archaeology. 1988 Excavations in Southwark 1973-76, Lambeth 1973-79.
• Excavated wavy- and flat-rimmed scroll salts from Mark Brown's Wharf (Pickleherring) factory site, Southwark: pp. 311-12
[Book] Fairbanks, Jonathan L. & Trent, Robert F. 1982 New England Begins: The Seventeenth Century. II. 100-360.
• p. 248, no. 230, quite similar example originally owned by James Heaton (d. 1712), New Haven CT: pp. 248-9, no. 230, with period references.