534. A Longton Hall bell-shaped mug, c.1758-60, printed in black with the arms of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Bucks, signed ‘Sadler Liverpool’, between smaller prints of Justice and Fame, some damages, 12.5cm. £400-600 The print is after an engraving by H Copeland, dated 1748 and is attributed to Jeremiah Evans. The same print can be found on Worcester porcelain and also on Liverpool porcelains and creamwares. It is likely that Sadler bought Longton Hall blanks in the last years of the factory.
536. A Worcester small mug, c.1760, the bell-shaped body printed in black with La Terre, three Chinese figures potting up exotic plants in a garden landscape, between scattered moths and butterflies, cracked, 8.8cm. £400-600 Cf. 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels, The Joseph M Handley Collection, no.4.7 for a similar mug also printed with Le Feu, both after a design of the four elements by P. Aveline after Boucher.
535. A good Worcester King of Prussia mug, dated 1757, printed black with a titled portrait of Frederick II of Prussia pointing towards an arrangement of victory motifs issuing three banners listing nine of his victories, signed in the print R H Worcester for Robert Hancock, and with an anchor rebus for Richard Holdship, 8.6cm high. £250-350 Provenance: from the estate of the late Peter James Rankin.
537. A Worcester bell-shaped mug, c.1765, printed in puce monochrome with sprays of fruit and flowers, including pear, apple and gooseberry, with a grooved strap handle, 11.8cm. £150-250 Provenance: Bonhams, The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection of Worcester Porcelain Part II, 23rd January 2008, lot 227, and The Zorensky Collection of Worcester Porcelain Part I, 16th March 2004, lot 273.
538. A small Worcester bell-shaped mug, c.1760, printed in black with a rare print of The Harvesters by Robert Hancock, three figures holding rakes and pitchforks and chatting after a hard day’s work, the reverse with The Minuet after a design by Francis Hayman, some faults, 8.3cm. £400-600 Cf. Phillips, The Norman Stretton Collection, 21st February 2001, lot 28 for a restored mug with the same prints.
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