Whiteware Mocha Jug and Mug

Description:

Whiteware Mocha Jug and Mug, England, c. 1890, with mocha tree decoration on a gray/green slip background bordered by blue and brown lip bands, applied strap handles with foliate terminals, the mug has an impressed "D" on the upper and lower handle terminals, ht. to 6 1/4 in.

Literature: The jug and mug are illustrated in Jonathan Rickard, Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1790 (University Press of New England; Lebanon, New Hampshire, 2006),fig. 78, p. 56 and fig. 79, p. 57.
Estimate $400-600

The jug with crazed surface and small crack in the base, the mug with repair to side of body.


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