Lot 617
617
A WORCESTER PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER-PRINTED LARGE MUG,
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF IRA AND NANCY KOGER
A WORCESTER PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER-PRINTED LARGE MUG,

BLUE CRESCENT MARK, CIRCA 1780,

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A WORCESTER PORCELAIN BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER-PRINTED LARGE MUG,
BLUE CRESCENT MARK, CIRCA 1780,
cylindrical with strap handle, printed after John Hancock with the 'Parrot and Fruit' pattern below a honeycomb band
5¾ in. (14.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

See The Stirling-Lee Collection of 18th Century Blue & White Worcester Porcelain, Albert Amor Limited, London, Exhibition Catalogue, 1994, no. 13 for a bell-shape mug printed with 'The Parrot Pecking Fruit' - a popular John Hancock image rarely found in underglaze blue.

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