Tankard and cover

Date1740-1745

MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware

DimensionsOH: 9 9/16" (with cover); H: 7 1/4" (without cover); OD: 5 5/8" (foot); OL: 7 9/16" (including handle)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1959-338,A&B

DescriptionA: Mug: white; cylindrical with spreading foot and with strap loop handle incised with 3 "X"s. Molded in relief with Royal Arms (oval shield quartered with 4 lions, fleur-de-lis, harp, and lions and fleur-de-lis; encircled (in place of garder) with band with slightly impressed rosettes; lion and unicorn supporters; and crest of crowned lion on a crown) above head and wings of cherub and below initials "G" and "R". To left is scene in relief molding with 6 ships in foreground and buildings of city in background, above is "PORTO BELLO TAKEN'. To right is full length portrait of man (Admiral Vernon) dwarfing ship (Vernons flag ship Burford) and buildings (City of POrto Bello), above is "BY: AD. VERNON". Milled band encircling mug below lip' scanthus band enci rcling above foot. B: COver: white; slightly domed with socket and milled flange; molded in relief with 3 panels each with bird and vegistation; knop in form of a human head (Bacchus) with grapes, leaves and hat on head.
ProvenanceEx coll: Marc-Louis- Emmanuel Solon (1835-1912) Collection sold in Hanley Nov. 26 to 28, 1912, (according to Sotheby it was lot #348 pl. XV). Ex coll: Charles F.C. Luxmoore (living 1914 to 1924) in collection in 1914 (Published: Luxmoore, SALTGLAZE (Exeter, 1924), pl. 37. (book prepared in 1914 but not published until 1924). Ex coll: Mrs. Radcliffe, sold at auction in 1959 (Published: Sotheby & Co., CATALOGUE OF FINE ENGLISH POTTERY..., Oct. 15, 1959 (London, 1959), lot 125. At least 53 pieces in Radcliffe sale were previously in the Luxmoore collection.

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