Lot Essay
The print by Ansell entitled The Governor of Europe stopped in his career' and depicting John Bull preventing Bonaparte from crossing the Channel, was published by Fores in 1803.
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RIDGWAY, CIRCA 1815; WORCESTER, CIRCA 1815-1820; ENGLISH, CIRCA 1815; PROBABLY LIVERPOOL, 1805-1810; HOPE & CORTE BURSLEM, 1862-1880
Details
A group of ceramics including a rare drabware jug and a Grace mug
Ridgway, circa 1815; Worcester, circa 1815-1820; English, circa 1815; probably Liverpool, 1805-1810; Hope & Corte Burslem, 1862-1880
The baluster-shaped jug with spout and handle formed as a serpent, transfer printed with the 'Don Cossack' and the 'Ural Mountain Cossack'; a Grace cup, the large cylindrical mug painted with a Don Cossack, both after Ackermann's prints after Orlovskii, mug inscribed and marked under base; a circular deep bowl on gilded spreading foot, printed and painted with Cossacks, with a ciséle outer rim and gilt interior; a saucer printed with General Platov, after Antonio Maltenio; two cups and two saucers, a dish and a plate, each printed in black with Cossacks, apparently unmarked; a cream-ware jug printed in iron-red with 'The Govenor of Europe stopped his career' after Ansell, the reverse with inscription 'Success to the Volunteers'; a porcelain plate with a transfer print view of the Archangel Cathedral, both apparently unmarked; a soup bowl printed in blue with a monument of Vorontsev and city views, marked under base
The Worcester mug 6 in. (15.3 cm.), the cups 2¼ in. (5.4 cm.) (13)
Ridgway, circa 1815; Worcester, circa 1815-1820; English, circa 1815; probably Liverpool, 1805-1810; Hope & Corte Burslem, 1862-1880
The baluster-shaped jug with spout and handle formed as a serpent, transfer printed with the 'Don Cossack' and the 'Ural Mountain Cossack'; a Grace cup, the large cylindrical mug painted with a Don Cossack, both after Ackermann's prints after Orlovskii, mug inscribed and marked under base; a circular deep bowl on gilded spreading foot, printed and painted with Cossacks, with a ciséle outer rim and gilt interior; a saucer printed with General Platov, after Antonio Maltenio; two cups and two saucers, a dish and a plate, each printed in black with Cossacks, apparently unmarked; a cream-ware jug printed in iron-red with 'The Govenor of Europe stopped his career' after Ansell, the reverse with inscription 'Success to the Volunteers'; a porcelain plate with a transfer print view of the Archangel Cathedral, both apparently unmarked; a soup bowl printed in blue with a monument of Vorontsev and city views, marked under base
The Worcester mug 6 in. (15.3 cm.), the cups 2¼ in. (5.4 cm.) (13)
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