Lot Essay
Cf. See a jug with a similar print, sold in these Rooms, 7 May 1999, lot 529; see also J. & J. May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900 (1972), p. 22, pl. 37 for a mug with a similar print.
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Details
An English pearlware blue and white mug
printed with profile portraits of George III and Charlotte with the inscriptions A KING REVERD A QUEEN BELOVED and LONG MAY THEY LIVE, within a roundel surmounted by a crown, a rose and a thistle, between the inscription King and Conftitution, circa 1809 (cracks, rim chips and staining) -- 11cm. high
See illustration
printed with profile portraits of George III and Charlotte with the inscriptions A KING REVERD A QUEEN BELOVED and LONG MAY THEY LIVE, within a roundel surmounted by a crown, a rose and a thistle, between the inscription King and Conftitution, circa 1809 (cracks, rim chips and staining) -- 11cm. high
See illustration
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