The two standard (and massive) textbooks on English delft are M. Archer,
Delftware, Victoria and Albert Museum catalogue and Lipski and Archer, Dated
English Delftware. I still curse myself I never bought a copy of the latter
for £80 in a London art shop because I was so poor. Rememeebr exact
provenancing is alaways very tricky and sometimes dubious as potters and
artists moved bwtweenpotteries

paul courtney
Leicester UK



----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel H. Weiskotten" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 2:17 AM
Subject: One Bowl More and Then


> Hello All:
>
> I have the fine pleasure of having under my care the exquisite
> archaeological collection of 18th century tavern ware from the John
> Hatchett Tavern (erroneously known as John Howlett Tavern) at Chesterfield
> Courthouse, VA.  As part of general edumication and putting things in
> order, I am looking for information on the well-known tavern bowls
> (Tin-Glazed Delft) with inscriptions such as "One Bowl More and Then" One
> Bowl More Will" etc.  There are some 70 such vessels represented in the
> assemblage but I do not have any resources at hand to fully understand
them.
>
> Here's a pic of one that looks only somewhat similar to what we have:
> http://aggv.bc.ca/tea/gallery_view.asp?ID_Gallery=24&Sec=5&Sub=3
>
> In reading the correspondence there are several letters which note the
> variety of the sayings on the bowls, and their uses, etc, but the date
> ranges are given generally for that of English Delft (1600-1800) or simply
> late 18th century.
>
> The correspondence on hand is some 20 years old, so I hope there is
> something more recent that will tell me about these beautiful pieces,
their
> period of production and use, distribution, and the variety of sayings.
>
> Deerfield Museum has a new book out on Delftware, and I could call some of
> my connections with Winterthur (my wife who is now on vacation at Disney),
> and, oh, Williamsburg is but a few miles away, but I'm also thinking that
> perhaps HISTARCH listers know of some other favorite sources that I could
> get.  Any suggestions?
>
> Blatant Plug for a book I have no connection to:
> http://www.spencermarks.com/cgibin/webc.cgi/sz/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1701
>
>         Dan W.