Fine Porcelain and Pottery - 28th February 2017
Lot 10
A blue and white transferware commemorative jug 1st half 19th century
Estimate £100 - £200 | Hammer £150
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Description
A blue and white transferware commemorative jug 1st half 19th century, printed with a portrait roundel of Lord Nelson amidst floral scrolls, the reverse with a similar roundel of HMS Victory, beneath the spout with naval motifs and inscribed with Nelson's various titles, a short crack to the spout, 14.6cm.
Cf. Remembering Nelson, A Record of The Lily Lambert McCarthy Collection at the Royal Naval Museum, England, p.113 for other transferware pieces in this design, which is known to have been made at Swansea, among other potteries.