English Delftware tankard with a silver rim

An image of English Delftware. Tankard/Mug. Probably made at the Pickleherring pottery in Southwark. Cylindrical with an applied loop handle, concave on the outside. The front is painted with a cartouche enclosing the inscription ‘S.B/1659’, framed by scrolls, long sprays of paired leaves, and at the bottom, a cherub's head. The silver mounts round the rim and base have Van-dyked edges with studs above the points. The mount round the rim is wider than the other. Reddish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue; the edges of the rim and base mounted in silver with zig-zag edging with studs over the points, height, whole, 22 cm, dated 1659. Commonwealth period. Baroque. Notes: In the Harland sale catalogue the initials were said to be those of a member of the Bayley family who were churchwardens at Avening, near Stroud, from 1677 onwards.

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English Delftware. Tankard/Mug. Probably made at the Pickleherring pottery in Southwark. Cylindrical with an applied loop handle, concave on the outside. The front is painted with a cartouche enclosing the inscription ‘S.B/1659’, framed by scrolls, long sprays of paired leaves, and at the bottom, a cherub's head. The silver mounts round the rim and base have Van-dyked edges with studs above the points. The mount round the rim is wider than the other. Reddish-buff earthenware, thrown, tin-glazed, and painted in blue; the edges of the rim and base mounted in silver with zig-zag edging with studs over the points, height, whole, 22 cm, dated 1659. Commonwealth period. Baroque. Notes: In the Harland sale catalogue the initials were said to be those of a member of the Bayley family who were churchwardens at Avening, near Stroud, from 1677 onwards.

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Accession Number: C.11-1931
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 526.35kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2010:09:29 12:28:52

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17th Century Baroque blue and white cartouche cherubs Commonwealth cylindrical dated Delftware drinking vessel earthenware English Delftware Fitz_AA glazed initial initialled inscriptions mugs Pickleherring Pottery pottery Silver tankard thrown tin-glazed vessel zig-zag

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