A Samuel Alcock & Co. Royal Patriotic jug

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A Samuel Alcock & Co. Royal Patriotic jug
designed by George Eyre, of baluster form, commemorative of the Crimean War, printed in black with vignette of a weeping mother and her children, below an angel holding a banner inscribed ROYAL PATRIOTIC FUND, the reverse with wounded soldiers before a battle field, below a foliate band and green and gilt-line rim, printed cartouche mark and registration lozenge, 1855 (hairline crack to base and minor rubbing to gilding) -- 19.5cm. high; a stoneware jug moulded with vignettes titled HOME and ABROAD (some staining) -- 17cm. high; and an Aynsley teacup, saucer and plate (minor rubbing to gilt)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Cf. John and Jennifer May, Commemorative Pottery 1780-1900 (1972), p. 119 for a quote from a contemporary circular which described the purpose of the fund as 'the soccouring, educating and relieving those who, by the loss of their husbands and parents in battle, or by death on active service in the present war, are unable to maintain or to support themselves'.

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