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Two creamware mugs, circa 1800

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Two creamware mugs, circa 1800
Printed in black with titled portraits of 'Lord Nelson' encircled by laurel wreaths, the larger example with a verse 'Here's a health to brave Nelson! Old Englands boast, 'The Hero of the Nile', Let this be our toast', 14.8cm high, the second mug with Nelson standing on deck by cannon, his remaining hand resting on his sword, above another patriotic inscription, 12.8cm high (2)
The smaller mug is illustrated by David Drakard, Printed English Pottery (1992), p.178, fig.479 alongside a jug (fig.480) with a similar print to that found on the larger mug in this lot.


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Two creamware mugs, circa 1800
Printed in black with titled portraits of 'Lord Nelson' encircled by laurel wreaths, the larger example with a verse 'Here's a health to brave Nelson! Old Englands boast, 'The Hero of the Nile', Let this be our toast', 14.8cm high, the second mug with Nelson standing on deck by cannon, his remaining hand resting on his sword, above another patriotic inscription, 12.8cm high (2)
The smaller mug is illustrated by David Drakard, Printed English Pottery (1992), p.178, fig.479 alongside a jug (fig.480) with a similar print to that found on the larger mug in this lot.

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