Painted in the Dutch Delft manner with a baseball pitcher, catcher and batter in a brushy landscape, the hinged cover with a sailboat in a harbor, the underside as a glazed lithophane, revealing a genre scene with two figures when held to light
7⁷⁄₈ in. (20 cm.) high, overall

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Lot Essay

The 'Delph' mark to the present tankard was used by Swaine & Co. of Hüttensteinach and Köppelsdorf, Thuringia, Germany, on its line of Delft-style wares beginning in 1896. It ceased use of the mark in 1920, prompted by legal action from the Dutch Delftware firm, De Porceleyne Fles (also known as Royal Delft).