An English brown stoneware dated marriage cup

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An English brown stoneware dated marriage cup
of flared form with ribbed strap handles and a strainer spout, inscribed Hannah & Ann Smith Long may you live happy may you be blest with content and from misfortune Nov=r 7 1827, the lower section incised and rouletted with stylised flowers (firing crack to one handle, repaired foot rim chip) -- 25cm. high
See colour plate 1

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