A "NEPTUNE" MUG

CIRCA 1790

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A "NEPTUNE" MUG
CIRCA 1790
After a Derby porcelain model, naturalistically formed as the bearded god's head, his iron-red and gilt crown a border beneath the molded rim, a thick arched handle at the back with fluted sides
4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high

拍品專文

A very similar mug in the Mottahedeh collection was sold together with a Derby example by Sotheby's New York, 19 October 2000, lot 366. Another from the Hodroff collection is illustrated by D.S. Howard in Choice of the Private Trader, p. 195.