03-11-200103-11-2001
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBolton MA
2062
March 11, 2001 10:00 AMCalender
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Pearlware Pint Mug with Attached Pewter Lid

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$2,530$2,200
Auction: Sale #2062 - 2062Location: BoltonDate / Time: March 11, 2001 10:00AM

Description:

Pearlware Pint Mug with Attached Pewter Lid, Britain, the mug is banded in blue, gray, and black with cat's eyes on black in blue, gray, and white, and scroddled three-color slip decoration on gray in black, white, and blue; the lid, attached to the top of the extruded handle, is chased in a leaf-and-vine pattern surrounding a portrait medallion labeled "Frederick VII Kong af Danmark," total ht. 7 1/2 in. N.B. King Frederick VII of Denmark reigned from 1848-63. The mug is British, probably the work of one of the northeast potteries (Sunderland or North Yorkshire),for which Denmark was a major market. The lid is probably Continental, contemporary with the pot.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

Keywords

Denmark, Britain, Danmark, Frederick VII, North Yorkshire, Sunderland