British and Continental Ceramics & Glass - 22nd January 2026
Lot 1158
A CREAMWARE PRINTED MUG
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £381
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Description
A CREAMWARE PRINTED MUG
PROBABLY HERCULANEUM, C.1775
decorated with three men eating at a table beneath a tree, one reading a newspaper, with two dogs at their feet, together with a creamware mug printed and painted with a satirical print, after Dawson, titled 'A race between John Bull and Boney' and inscribed 'Jane Nicholson 1835' (2)
14.8cm high (max)
Provenance
Creamware mug:
G W Capell collection, sold at Sotheby's 16 February 1965, lot 3.
Paper label for the E. Norman Stretton Collection, no. C135, lot 271 in the Philips' sale of his collection in 2001.
Literature
David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, p.85, pl.214 for this mug.