18th Nov, 2010 9:00 GMT/BST

Autumn Catalogue Sale

 
  Lot 143
 

143

A Creamware Mug, circa 1765, inscribed in black HAVE COMMUNION WITH FEW/BE FAMILIAR WITH...

A Creamware Mug, circa 1765, inscribed in black HAVE COMMUNION WITH FEW/BE FAMILIAR WITH ONE/DEAL JUSTLY WITH ALL/SPEAK EVIL OF NONE within foliage sprigs, 12.5cm high; A Similar Mug, with entwined handle inscribed JOHN HOSMAN within flower sprigs, 10cm high; A Similar Mug, printed in black with GRETNA GREEN all the RED HOT MARRIAGE, 14.5cm high; A Liverpool Creamware Baluster Jug, circa 1770, inscribed JOSEPH GOLDSMITH ESQR and printed in black with a sailing boat and pastoral scenes and verse representing Spring and Summer, 24.5cm high; and A Beaker, printed in black with LONG MAY WE LIVE/HAPPY MAY WE BE/BLESSED WITH CONTENT/AND MISFORTUNES FREE within a scroll border, the reverse with a couple sharing a glass, 9cm high (5)

Sold for £480
Estimated at £200 - £300


 

Mug 1 - good condition. Mug 2 - two small chips to rim, and two long cracks, 7.5cm and 6cm long from rim, and hairline crack to handle, and with some staining to glaze. Mug 3 - with five areas of oversprayed restoration to rim, significant overspray to outside and inside of mug, some wear to print and some deep scratching to glaze. Jug - with restoration to lip and rim, and with significant amount of overspray to exterior and interior. Beaker - with staining to glaze throughout. 051010

 


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Auction: Autumn Catalogue Sale, 18th Nov, 2010

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