£65
A 19thC Staffordshire pottery Frog Mug, in pale blue ground, with floral decoration in relief, gilt 'long May You Live' motif and painted frog within, H 10cm, together with two similar, in grey ground, one white ground with painted flora and green frog within, and a stoneware Frog Mug, H 9cm (5)
The property of a Collector, amassed over the last 50 years.
Salt glazed Mug - chips to handle, crack to base, firing faults to moulded relief.
Blue mug - crazed and scuffed base, gilding loss and paint loss to flowers, otherwise okay. White Mug - possible restoration to frog. Restoration to rim in three areas. Light grey - crazed, two hairlines emanating from rim, paint loss and firing faults to flowers. Dark Grey - deep crazing. 4 hairlines, paint loss and firing faults to flowers and chip and crack to base. Notice concerning catalogue descriptions and condition reports. Whilst we seek to describe lots accurately, it may not be possible for us to carry out exhaustive due diligence on each lot. Prospective buyers are given ample opportunities to view and inspect lots before sale and they (and any independent experts on their behalf) must satisfy themselves as to the accuracy of any description applied to a lot. Prospective buyers also bid on the understanding that, inevitably, representations or statements by us as to authorship, genuineness, origin, date, age, provenance, condition or estimated selling price involve matters of opinion. We the auctioneer nor our employees or agents nor the seller accept liability for the correctness of such opinions concerning the description, condition, or quality of lots.
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