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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
July 15, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Salt-glazed Stoneware Ale Mug

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$369$300
Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2920MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: July 15, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Salt-glazed Stoneware Ale Mug, England, c. 1780-90, probably Liverpool, gray ground cylindrical body with inward canting rim, scratched blue decorated with scrolled foliage flanking a central raised lozenge with molded crowned cipher GR, ht. 4 3/4 in.

Provenance: From the Troy Chappell Collection.
Literature: Identical illustrated in The Price Guide to 18th Century English Pottery, by Mount, p. 96.
Estimate $300-500

Light and even surface wear to glaze. No evidence of any cracks, chips or restorations.


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