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Lot 119

Three white saltglaze mugs, circa 1740-50

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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Three white saltglaze mugs, circa 1740-50

Of cylindrical form, the larger with fine turned and rouletted bands below the rim and around the spreading foot, applied with sprigs depicting the taking of Portobello by Admiral Vernon in 1739 with only six ships, also sprigged with 'PRIDE OF SPAIN HUMBLED', 'BY ADMIRAL VERNON' and 'T/PB', 16.9cm high (damaged, handle restored), the other two with turned bands, 11.8cm and 6.6cm high (the larger chipped and cracked, the smaller restored) (3)

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Provenance:
Mavis Bimson Collection

A related Portobello mug is illustrated by Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampson, White Salt-Glazed Stoneware (2005), p.26, fig.14 and another, dated 1739, is at Temple Newsam, illustrated by Peter Walton in the Catalogue (1976), p.30, no.46

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