Slipware mug highlight of Carlisle sale
RETRIEVED by a porter from a box of kitchenalia sent for sale from Northumberland, this early 18th century Staffordshire slipware mug proved the highlight of the sale conducted by H&H King of Carlisle on June 7.
The thistle-form, loop-handled mug, standing just 4in (10cm) high, was decorated to the lower body w…