A cylindrical mug
A creamware cylindrical mug, dated 1779
Painted in red with 'The Music Lesson', a gentleman standing playing a flute to a seated lady who holds an open score, inscribed beneath the handle 'Elizabeth Wiggin 1779', 9.8cm high (some restoration)
Sold for £1,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Gary Atkins. Exhibited in the ECC Exhibition Shipwrecks and Marriages (2009), p.24, fig. C13

Category: Decorative Arts / British Ceramics


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