Lot Essay
D.S. Howard illustrates another mug, from a private collection, and notes mugs that were in the Henry Farnham Burke sale, 1913, and the Frederick Crisp sale, 1923 (op. cit., vol. I, p. 638.)
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CIRCA 1775
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A LARGE BARREL-SHAPED ARMORIAL MUG
CIRCA 1775
In the front the arms of Ramsay impaling Knight in colored enamels and gilt and trailing flowering vine, the sides with scattered floral sprigs and clusters and tasselled floral festoons above, borders of tiny molded bosses and gilt, iron-red and grisaille, interlaced strap handle with molded, enamelled berry sprig terminals
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1775
In the front the arms of Ramsay impaling Knight in colored enamels and gilt and trailing flowering vine, the sides with scattered floral sprigs and clusters and tasselled floral festoons above, borders of tiny molded bosses and gilt, iron-red and grisaille, interlaced strap handle with molded, enamelled berry sprig terminals
6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high