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Lot 291

A rare Richard Chaffers octagonal mug, circa 1758-62

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A rare Richard Chaffers octagonal mug, circa 1758-62

Of bell shape sharply moulded with eight vertical flutes and applied with a looped strap handle, with an unglazed flat base, painted in dark blue with a peony and bamboo growing from rocks and Chinese emblems, a diaper border on the outside rim, 8.3cm high

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Provenance:
Bought from Alan Taylor, 1971
H. Trevor Lloyd Collection

Octagonal shapes were popular at Chaffers' factory around 1756-60 although no similar mug appears to be recorded. The decoration seen here was a standard pattern used on cylindrical and bell-shaped mugs and a version of the design appears on the John Fell jug dated 1762, see Maurice Hillis, Liverpool Porcelain (2011), p.148, fig. 5.9 and p.176, fig. 5.69.

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