A delftware guglet or water bottle c.1750

A delftware guglet or water bottle c.1750, perhaps Vauxhall, the ovoid body painted with eight panels of a single lotus bloom on a dense scroll ground, the tapering neck with a narrow band of stiff leaves, some chipping to the rim, 23.2cm.

Provenance: the Iris Jones Collection.

Cf. John C. Austin, British Delft at Williamsburg, no.590 for a similar example. The notes for this record state that fragments bearing this Lotus pattern have been excavated at Vauxhall.