1688-1689
5 x 12.7 cm (1 15/16 x 5 in.)
Francis Hall (1856-1915) of Park Hall, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, by descent to Francis Hall. [Christie's, London, July 20, 1915, lot 99 (bt. Gooden & Fox)]. [Anonymous sale (P.D. Griffiths), Christie's, London, November 19, 1919, lot 89 (bt. Schwerze)]. Sir John Noble, 1st Bt. (1865-1938), by descent; to his son Sir Andrew Noble, 2nd Bt. [Christie's, London, November 24, 1943, lot 58]. [James Oakes, Ltd., London]. Richard George Meech, [Q.C. sale, The Meech Collection, Sotheby's, New York, October 22, 1993, lot 49]. The Whiteley Trust, [sale, Silver from the Collection of the Whiteley Trust, Christie's, London, June 13, 2000, lot 13], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2000.
Enameled ware: porcelain with decoration in overglaze sepia enamel; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi" on the base
18th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th-6th centuryRomanTerracotta
Greek
Nickel silver and ebony
20th centuryGermanProto porcelain: stoneware with thin ash glaze
5th-3rd century BCEChineseJun ware: light gray stoneware with robin's-egg blue glaze
11th-12th centuryChineseTerracotta
4th century BCESouth ItalianEnameled biscuit porcelain: porcelain with yellow enamel; with spurious underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Jiajing Nian Zhi" within a double circle on the base
17th centuryChineseHard-paste porcelain with monochrome enamel decoration
18th centuryGermanTerracotta
4th century BCEGreekSilver plate
British