Mug
Date1790-1800
MediumLead-glazed Earthware (Pearlware)
DimensionsOH: 5 1/4"
OD: 3 1/2" without handle, 5 1/8" with handle
OD: 3 1/2" without handle, 5 1/8" with handle
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1992-61
DescriptionStraight-sided mug or tankard with slightly flaring flat base and extruded strap handle. The front features a cock-fighting scene transfer printed in brown and painted in by hand with yellow, red, blue, and brown enamels.Inscription(s)THE COCK-PITCome fifty guineas I will lay / That Ginger beats your bonny GrayMark(s)"J Aynsley" (for John Aynsley) and "Lane End" in script at the opposite corners of the lower banner of the print.
