English and European Ceramics and Glass - 6th March 2012

Lot 177

A creamware printed mug c.1775

Estimate £600 - £800

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Description

A creamware printed mug c.1775, probably Herculaneum, decorated with three men eating at a table beneath a tree, one reading a newspaper, while two dogs look up expectantly, 14.8cm high. Provenance: Paper label for the E. Norman Stretton Collection, no. C135, lot 271 in the Philips' sale of his collection in 2001. Previously in the G W Capell collection, sold at Sotheby's 16 February 1965, lot 3. Illustrated: David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, p.85, pl.214 for this mug.