A STAFFORDSHIRE SALT-GLAZED WHITE STONEWARE MUG CIRCA 1745-55 |

of cylindrical form with a stepped foot, set with a rouletted strap handle, molded around the exterior with six panels of motifs including the Virgin capturing the unicorn, the fable of the Fox and Stork, mythological beasts, and coats-of-arms.

William Edkins Collection, sold, Sotheby's, London, May 21, 1891, lot 80 (part)
Rev. J. T. Taylor Collection, no. 226, bearing label
Jonathan Horne, London, June, 1999, bearing label
Vogel Collection no. 662.2

Diana Edwards and Rodney Hampton, White salt-glazed stoneware of the British Isles, Woodbridge, 2005, p. 96, fig. 91, illustrated.

In overall good appearance and generally good condition. There are three minor faint short hairline cracks to rim, the largest of which measures 0.5cm.
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