AN EXPORT 'NEPTUNE' MUG; AND AN ENGLISH MUG

THE FIRST CIRCA 1785, THE SECOND CIRCA 1800

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AN EXPORT 'NEPTUNE' MUG; AND AN ENGLISH MUG
the first circa 1785, the second circa 1800
Moulded with the head of Neptune, with bushy beard, moustache, furrowed eyebrows and flowing hair, the handle of thick C-scroll form; the English version, similarly modelled but with turquoise and gilt handle, handle crack
both about 5½ in. (14 cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

The Chinese version of these mugs was inspired by Chelsea and Derby examples. Compare the almost identical Chinese mug from the Essayan Collection, Lisbon, illustrated by M. Beurdeley, Porcelain of the East India Companies, 1962, fig.21, p.44; and another, from the Mottahedeh Collection, illustrated by D. Howard and J. Ayers, China for the West, 1978, vol.II, no.591, p.570, together with a Derby example of a similar date.

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