English and European Ceramics and Glass - 2nd October 2012

Lot 255

Nelson interest: a pearlware loving cup 19th century

Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £70

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Description

Nelson interest: a pearlware loving cup 19th century, one side printed with Britannia weeping over the ashes of Lord Nelson, the reverse with a scene of a lawyer, a doctor and a clergymen above an eight line poem entitled 'The Triple Plea', the base printed with a further rhyme, the interior with vases of flowers, cracked, 20cm across. Together with a Staffordshire figure of Nelson. (2)