Antique Aesthetic Movement Mug ~ Raspberries 1886

AESTHETIC TRANSFERWARE MUG

RUSTIC PATTERN

Burgess and Leigh ~ Hill Pottery

Staffordshire England

c. 1886

This Victorian aesthetic mug is 3 1/8 " tall x 3 1/4 " wide and is transfer printed in luscious blue, a very desirable size and color.

The clear and crisp RUSTIC pattern features an urn filled with raspberry blossom flowers and wide strap style foliage. Exotic raspberry canes and flower along with a frame of twigs frame the aesthetic cartouche of a distant country landscape. Wonderful geometric inside complete the mug. The pattern displays the victorian eras love of nature.

The mug displays beautifully and is in Excellent condition, appears to have never been used. two tiny flakes under the glaze at the base. Light crazing to the bottom.