LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Name: TWO RARE INSCRIBED EUROPEAN SUBJECT MUGS
Brand: LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Price: 4200.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 5,250

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USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

Closed: 20 Jan 2021

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TWO RARE INSCRIBED EUROPEAN SUBJECT MUGS

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised USD 5,250

Closed: 20 Jan 2021

Price Realised USD 5,250

Closed: 20 Jan 2021

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Each with entwined strap handle and blue and gilt rim; the first made in honor of King Gustav III of Sweden, with the King's signature, the sides decorated with gilt coronets; the second commemorating a wedding in 1794 with a poem 'Den II. Augush. 1794 Ja Till by his Service won, the grateful Fair Contents, in time, to ease the lover's care, seals all his hopes; and, in the bridal His Gives him a like to untainted Bliss'
3³⁄₄ (9.5 cm.) high, the first; 4⁵⁄₈ in. (11.7 cm.) high, the second

With Charles Perry, Atlanta (the first).
With Philip Suval, New York (the second).

E. A. Eckenhoff, Chinese Porcelain Antique Tankards, The Eckenhoff Collection, 2011, pgs. 91-92.

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Lot Essay

The Swedish East Indiaman, 'Gustaf Adolph', did not make it to Canton in the winter of 1784-85, but had to sit out the storms of the South China Sea in the Yalong Bay of Hainan Island, south of Macao, until she could sail again at the end of April. A very small group of mugs commemorating this experience are known, one in the Nordiska Museet, Stockholm. See Kee Il Choi, '', Orientations magazine, April 2003.
Edward Eckenhoff grew up in a collecting family, and after he and his wife, Judi, were married, they began to acquire good quality American furniture. Chinese export was a perfect corollary. In time, Ed became fascinated with the quality and rarity of Chinese export porcelain mugs and decided to focus on this singular category, which would allow him to build a strong, representative collection of objects that were not only beautiful but that also told the many stories of the China trade.
Beer, ale and cider-drinking was extremely common in the 18th century, viewed as nutritious alternatives to water. Chinese porcelain mugs were drinking vessels for the elite, often ordered in sets of three. Special orders included those for guilds, livery companies, public houses and, of course, armigerous families.