• Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey
Lot 1023

London Blue and White Wine Bottle

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

probably Southwark, 1647, inscribed "SACK" beneath the initials "W/IA", and above the date "1647", affixed with a flattened loop handle, 7 in.

Provenance: Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, The Edkins Collection, May 21, 1891, Lot 10; Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, Strawberry Hill Diamond Collection; Sotheby's London, Property of Mrs. Stella Pitt-Rivers for the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Dorset, June 14, 1988, Lot 268; Alistair Sampson Antiques, Ltd., London; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey

Note: Literature: Hodgkin & Hodgkin, Early English Pottery, p. 72, no. 255

Condition

partially made up restoration to the rim, firing anomalies, discoloration, accretion, scratching, crazing, chipping, pinholes, accession number and original provenance to base, possible restoration to body, below neck

Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, The Edkins Collection, May 21, 1891, Lot 10; Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, Strawberry Hill Diamond Collection; Sotheby's London, Property of Mrs. Stella Pitt-Rivers for the Pitt-Rivers Museum, Dorset, June 14, 1988, Lot 268; Alistair Sampson Antiques, Ltd., London; Property from the Collection of Dudley and Constance Godfrey