£1,100
An important documentary Mansfield decorated baluster ale jug, c1799-1802, painted by William Billingsley with named views of country houses in sepia, the interior with an arboreal landscape, gilt GC monogram under spout, the neck with a band of pink cabbage roses and gilt borders, scroll handle, 17.3cm h, painted iron red script Billingsley, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, titles View of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, and View of Newark Abbey, Nottinghamshire, with intersecting palm fronds, "Woodhall-Greene" Collection label numbered 292
Exhibited: Billingsley Mansfield, 1999/2000, exhibit 116
Crack running down from the rim and another from the base of the jug and upwards, very small hairline crack to underside of spout, small scratches to both landscapes, minor wear to gilding
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