Blue and White English Delft “BOY” Jug Hand Painted Circa 1750-1760
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Blue and White English Delft “BOY” Jug Hand Painted Circa 1750-1760

$700.00

This blue and white English Delft jug was made circa 1750-1760 and is boldly hand-painted with the word “BOY,” framed by freely brushed blue dashes.
Its tall, narrow neck rises from a distinctive globular body fitted with four projecting lugs, giving the jug an unusual sculptural character.
The cobalt decoration is painted with the direct, fluid brushwork characteristic of 18th-century English Delftware.
Variations in the blue, together with the wonderfully uneven tin-glazed surface, give the jug the lively handmade quality that makes early Delftware so appealing.
The four projecting lugs reinforce the jug’s utilitarian character and suggest an object made for practical use rather than formal display.
The meaning of the inscription “BOY” is uncertain, but its bold, highly personal appearance gives the jug exceptional character.

English Delftware was produced from the 16th century onward and reached its high point in the mid-18th century.
By the later 1700s, creamware increasingly replaced Delftware as the useful pottery of the English middle class.
Price: $700
Dimensions: Height: 8″ x Diameter: 5″
Condition: Excellent, with very small edge frits typical of 18th-century Delftware.
Material: Tin-glazed earthenware
Decoration: Hand-painted blue inscription and freely brushed dash motifs
Origin: England
Date: Circa 1750-1760
Reference: Alan Caiger-Smith, Tin-glazed Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World: The Tradition of 1000 Years in Maiolica, Faience and Delftware, Faber and Faber, 1973.

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Background of English Delft

The manufacture of Delftware in England dates to the mid-16th century. An English Delftware jug found at East Malling, Kent, with a silver mount hallmarked 1550, is generally regarded as one of the earliest documented examples of English Delftware.

John Stow’s Survey of London records the arrival in 1567 of two Antwerp potters, Jasper Andries and Jacob Jansen, who settled in Norwich and produced tiles and vessels for apothecaries and other uses.

English Delftware production reached its height in the mid-18th century. During the late 1700s, creamware increasingly replaced Delftware as the practical tableware of the English middle class.

Reference: Alan Caiger-Smith, Tin-glazed Pottery in Europe and the Islamic World: The Tradition of 1000 Years in Maiolica, Faience and Delftware, Faber and Faber, 1973, ISBN 0-571-09349-3.

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