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Lot 233

A Vauxhall mug, circa 1756-59

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £875 inc. premium

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A Vauxhall mug, circa 1756-59

Of bell shape with a ridged handle, painted in blue with a fisherman seated beneath a willow tree within an island landscape, his island connected to another by an arched bridge, 8.9cm high

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Provenance:
Garrick Bond Collection

Illustrated in Ceramics of Vauxhall, ECC 2007, p.80, no.134. The ridged handle indicates a slightly later date. A saucer dish of this charming pattern from the Pinewood Collection was sold by Phillips, 31 October 2001, lot 80

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