Description:
Mocha Quart Creamware Engine-turned Mug, England, c. 1790, the body with two fields of black slip inlaid banding divided by a band of blue slip, the top and bottom with bands of orange and red slip, strap handle with foliate terminals, ht. 5 7/8 in.
Provenance: The Jonathan Rickard Collection.
Exhibitions: Matching Burslem Wasters with Survivors, Wilton Heritage Museum, Wilton, Connecticut, 2004; Delicious Dipped Wares, National Academy Museum, New York, New York, 2007; and Mocha Mania, Dewitt Wallace Gallery, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1993-1994.
Estimate $400-600
1 3/4 inch rim crack, loss to edge of handle, staining, imperfections and base chip to underside.
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Keywords
Wilton, United Kingdom
Stephen L. Fletcher
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Director of American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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