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English hunting mug with George II and Queen Caroline

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An image of Tankard/Mug. Hunting Mug. Vauxhall Pottery, London. A hare hunt, half-figures of George II and Queen Caroline with GR and CR in a medal¬lion, beefeaters, trees. Inscribed, ‘Mary Culliford 1729’, and ‘Lett us Drink whilst we have Breath for there is no Drinking after Death’. Grey-buff stoneware with applied reliefs, incised inscriptions, brown dip, and salt-glaze, height, whole, 20.9 cm, dated 1729.

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Tankard/Mug. Hunting Mug. Vauxhall Pottery, London. A hare hunt, half-figures of George II and Queen Caroline with GR and CR in a medal¬lion, beefeaters, trees. Inscribed, ‘Mary Culliford 1729’, and ‘Lett us Drink whilst we have Breath for there is no Drinking after Death’. Grey-buff stoneware with applied reliefs, incised inscriptions, brown dip, and salt-glaze, height, whole, 20.9 cm, dated 1729.

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  • Accession Number: C.1197-1928
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/45.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3D
  • Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 824 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 241.69kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 45/1
  • Captured: 2014:05:15 15:23:08

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18th Century Artist/Maker Date Department English Fitz_AA Georgian Material Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Predominant Colours Vauxhall Pottery Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd animals brown bunnies bunny drinking vessel glazed handled hare hare hunt hares hunter hunting hunting mug incised inscribed inscriptions moulded mugs pottery rabbit hunt rabbits relief royal salt-glazed stoneware tankard thrown turned vessel

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