Lot 969
  • 969

A WESTERWALD STONEWARE ROYAL PORTRAIT SMALL MUG CIRCA 1690 |

Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
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Description

  • Height 4 3/8 in.
  • 11 cm.
of cylindrical form with a grooved strap handle, applied with a portrait medallion of Queen Mary within the inscription MARIA.D.G.MAG.BRIT.FRANCE.ET.HIB.REGINA.&., reserved on a manganese glazed-ground incised and molded with elaborate scrolling flowering foliage picked out in blue.

Provenance

Jonathan Horne, London, October 2004, bearing label;
Vogel Collection no. 744.

Condition

In good appearance. There are some stress cracks to the interior which have some light staining. There is a fine hairline crack in the base. The exterior is in good order.
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