Lot Essay
Cf., David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, History and Humour in the Reign of George III 1760-1820 (London, 1992), p. 80, pl. 195 for a jug with the same verse.
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CIRCA 1810
Details
An English creamware cylindrical mug
CIRCA 1810
Printed in iron-red with THE/BACHELORS/WISH, the title above an eleven-verse line, between trailing flowers
5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 1810
Printed in iron-red with THE/BACHELORS/WISH, the title above an eleven-verse line, between trailing flowers
5 5/8 in. (14.4 cm.) high
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