Mintons Majolica Renaissance Style 'Tavern' Ale Jug
Date cypher for 1873
Impressed uppercase mark, shape no. 487, blue painted 618
In the Medieval Revival taste, of tapering cylindrical form, molded in high relief with a continuous scene of revelry and a besot tippler. Height 10 inches.

Reference:
Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, p. 53, fig. 86. Joan Jones, Minton: Two Hundred Years of Design & Production, p. 153. Marilyn G. Karmason with Joan B. Stacke, Majolica, A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, New York, 1989, p. 43, the image courtesy of Sotheby's, London. Rosalie W. Sharp, China to Light Up a House, vol. two, p. 181.

C The Joan Stacke Graham Majolica Collection

in overall very good condition; short firing line at the rim, in the making (approx. 1/4 in.); no evidence of restoration when examined under black light

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