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A rare Chamberlain 'grace mug', circa 1813 image 1
A rare Chamberlain 'grace mug', circa 1813 image 2
A rare Chamberlain 'grace mug', circa 1813 image 3
Lot 238

A rare Chamberlain 'grace mug', circa 1813

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5 June 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £5,062.50 inc. premium

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A rare Chamberlain 'grace mug', circa 1813

Of plain cylindrical form, painted by Humphrey Chamberlain Junior with 'The Power of Love', the bare-chested Venus attended by two cupids, one whispering in her ear, the other in flight as he drapes her shoulder with garlands of roses, the pale pink ground and borders richly gilded in classical style, a fruiting vine boldly painted below the interior rim, the base curiously painted to simulate fossiliferous marble, 17.6cm high, script mark

Footnotes

The same subject is found on one of the two Chamberlain grace mugs ordered from the factory by Lord Nevill in June 1813 at a cost of £42. See Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), p.188, pl.227. The mugs, now in the Museum of Royal Worcester, formed part of one of the most important single orders place with the Chamberlain factory. The order specified delivery in four months and included dinner, dessert and breakfast services, chocolate cups, mugs and an inkstand. The inkstand is painted with similar cupids and is illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.240, colour plate 63.

Saleroom notices

Please note that this lot is signed 'H Chamberlain Pinxt' below the painted panel.

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