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CIRCA 1796
Details
A MASONIC MUG
CIRCA 1796
Enameled with Masonic devices, the front with the pillars of King Solomon's temple flanked by a sun and moon and a level and compass, the rim with a cobalt-blue gilt starred band, the entwined strap handle with berried terminals
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
CIRCA 1796
Enameled with Masonic devices, the front with the pillars of King Solomon's temple flanked by a sun and moon and a level and compass, the rim with a cobalt-blue gilt starred band, the entwined strap handle with berried terminals
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
The Mildred R. and Rafi Y. Mottahedeh Collection; Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1985, lot 201.
Literature
Howard and Ayers, China for the West, vol. I, p. 325, no. 321.
Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 201, no. 234.
Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, p. 201, no. 234.
Exhibited
Virginia Museum, 1981-82.
China Institute in America, 1984.
China Institute in America, 1984.
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