Description:
Small, English tin-glazed earthenware (delftware) cylindrical mug with attached strap handle, base has elevated and curved foot rim, decorated in cobalt blue, the handle is decorated in horizontal stripes, the main body has decoration of stylized flowers, vines, and grapes or berries, the base is painted with a border lapets, the upper rim has a border of blue scallops painted with vertical stripes, there is a slight pink to the glaze, you can see the rings of the thrower in the interior of the mug, the mug is warped and not perfectly circular, the mug has several sticker on the bottom, including one for English ceramics dealer "Garry Atkins" and "Warner Collection/M5B" and another sticker "M5B/ed THO" Condition: Hairline crack from foot of base through the body of the mug, a second hairline crack starts in the rim and extends to the base, also rim chips to the top edge have been painted in dark blue to be less noticeable. The Vauxhall delftware pottery was founded by John de Wilde in 1693. He ran it until he went to set up a pottery in Burlington, New Jersey, in America in 1688, when it seems probable his father Henry took over the Vauxhall pottery (1688-1697). Thereafter the potters associated with Vauxhall include Jonathan Chilwell II (1697-1712), Jonathan Chilwell III with Henry Hodgson manager (1712-1721), William Chilwell I (1721-1731), his widow Mary Chilwell (1731-1753), Jonathan Chilwell V (1753-1756), Samuel Swabey (1756-1790), his widow Mary Swabey (1790-1793) and finally William Wagstaff (1793-1802). After tin-glaze production ended at Vauxhall, it continued under the same management at Mortlake from 1804 and at Glasshouse Street from 1823 until 1846 when it finally ceased altogether, Glasshouse Street probably being the last pottery to make delftware in England. Among a wide range of Vauxhall delftware products are storage jars, chargers, dishes and plates (including George I portrait plates and 'GR' Act of Union plates), tankards and teabowls, fluted bowls, bowls each with a single spike designed to take lids and wall tiles (including religious and polychrome urn designs).
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