Lot Essay
Cf. David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, History and Humour in the Reign of George III, 1760-1820 (1992), p.219-221, pls.619a, b and c.
Details
An English creamware cylindrical mug
printed with caricature half-length portraits of Mrs. Clark and the Duke of York, between them an inverted mitre, within an octagonal panel above the inscription He's wrong who Terms the Duke a lawlefs spark/For every Bishop is allow'd his CLaRK, between brown lines, circa 1809 (some minor scratches to enamels) -- 14cm. high
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printed with caricature half-length portraits of Mrs. Clark and the Duke of York, between them an inverted mitre, within an octagonal panel above the inscription He's wrong who Terms the Duke a lawlefs spark/For every Bishop is allow'd his CLaRK, between brown lines, circa 1809 (some minor scratches to enamels) -- 14cm. high
See illustration