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An important Lowestoft mug, circa 1775 image 1
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Lot 339

An important Lowestoft mug, circa 1775

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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An important Lowestoft mug, circa 1775

Of cylindrical form, widening slightly towards the base, the scrolled handle with a thumbrest, painted in colours with a hare coursing scene, the comical hare crouching in bushes with farm buildings in the distance, the huntsman pointing to the hare with a stick, two dogs at his side, inscribed below in red 'See ho', a red loop and line border below the rim, 11.2cm high (damaged)

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This important and previously unrecorded mug belongs to a small group of Lowestoft porcelains painted with English rural scenes although none depict this subject. Naive but nonetheless charming, they are characterized by the distinctive manner of outlining foliage and the unique way in which groups of building are represented. The group includes the Remnant Bowl in Norwich Castle Museum, dated 1774 and illustrated by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.2, p.35 and the Gooch Jug, dated 1775 and illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelain (1985), p.127, pl.158. Godden attributes the decoration of this group to the Tulip Painter. 'See ho' is a call to indicate the first sighting of a hare in a hunt, a popular pursuit in 18th century East Anglia.

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