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Lot 327

A set of three Plymouth mugs, circa 1769-70

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £3,125 inc. premium

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A set of three Plymouth mugs, circa 1769-70

Of bell shape with turned feet and grooved handles, painted with two 'fancy' birds amongst trees and plants, looking up at insects in flight above them, gilded formal borders below the rims, 10.5cm, 13.8cm and 15.1cm high, tin marks in red and gold (largest mug with short crack); sold together with the original invoice for £170 from Albert Amor, dated 1912, for the purchase of these mugs from the exhibition of the Trapnell Collection, and a copy of the sale catalogue (5)

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Provenance:
Trapnell Collection

A similar mug is illustrated by F.S.Mackenna, The Mackenna Collection of English Porcelain, Part 3, Plymouth and Bristol (1975), pl.116, No.74.

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