Fine Art Sale
Lot 279
A DATED ENGLISH BLUE PRINTED PEARLWARE MUG WITH ENAMEL DECORATION
A DATED ENGLISH BLUE PRINTED PEARLWARE MUG WITH ENAMEL DECORATION, 1813 inscribed Thos Davies Maltster Frankwell SALOP 1813, 8.5cm hProvenance: M M Newton Collection.Literature: Illustrated and discussed with information about Davies in the Northern Ceramic Society's Newsletter No 74, June 1989, pp 32-3; similar mugs and prints commented upon in Newsletter No 76 December 1989, p50. This is apparently not a Shropshire product. The medieval suburb of Frankwell lies outside Shrewsbury's Welsh Bridge.
Sold for £40