A 'NEPTUNE' MUG

CIRCA 1890

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A 'NEPTUNE' MUG
CIRCA 1890
After a Derby porcelain model, naturalistically formed as the bearded god's head, his iron-red and gilt crown as a border beneath the molded rim, a thick arched handle at the back with lightly fluted sides
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high

Literature

D.S. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, op. cit., p. 195, fig. 226

Lot Essay

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. Also compare Howard and Ayers, op. cit., vol. II, fig. 591 and The Hodroff Collection, Christie's, New York, 23 January 2007, lot 116.

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