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Mug

Manufacturer Worcester Porcelain Company (British)

CultureEnglish

Dateca. 1760

MediumPorcelain

Dimensions4 3/4 × 5 × 3 3/8 in. (12.1 × 12.7 × 8.6 cm)

Credit LineOn loan from the City of Norfolk, gift of Elise and Henry Clay Hofheimer II

Object numberL2005.10.89

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 112, Case 1

DescriptionThis is a 'George II' Baluster-Form Mug. Printed in black on one side with a bust-length portrait of 'King George II, No. 1' adapted by Robert Hancock from a 1753 painting by Thomas Worlidge, the reverse with four ships and the front with a coronet above an allegory of 'Liberty' depicting a boy supporting a Phrygian liberty cap on a staff and seated amidst trophies of war including a scroll inscribed Liberty above the inscription RH Worcester beside the anchor rebus of Richard Holdship, the back with a ribbed loop handle.
ProvenanceHenry Clay Hofheimer, II