RARE Antique c1859 THE TWO ALLIES - TIED AND ALLIED and 3 FROG Loving Mug
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RARE Antique c1859 THE TWO ALLIES - TIED AND ALLIED and 3 FROG Loving Mug Colours may differ due to any flash used. I combine lots so please wait for my invoice BEFORE you pay. This is an absolute belta of a pictorial loving cup - mug.. I have NEVER seen this one before.. its probably Staffordshire ..it has no makers names or makrings upon it. its a cream coloured pottery main with black underglaze print pictures on two sides.. with highlights of gilding on the rims and dots on the handles....as well as all that going on it has 3 FROGS inside.. these are orange. I am sure you have all seen these sort of pictures that show one picture one way ..turn it upside down and it shows something differant.. well fortunatly you dont have to turn this mug over.. thats probably why it has survived so well.... you simply turn it around and see the other picture.. as the HANDLE tops do stick up further than the top mug rim and are very easy broken off....it has 2 firing cracks right on the handle tops thats all..this is NOT damage..it was done when the mug was made. So the images.. they are very clever.. titled one way TIED AND ALLIED .. this shows two DONKEY or ASS HEADS with bridles on and big floppy ears ....look at the other side it says THE TWO ALLIES ...showing 2 GENERALS or SOLDIERS wearing caps with big long moustaches ..one curved
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