British, 19th century, Frechen style bulbous mug with later silver repousse hinged cover, .925 fine, (Chester 1911), attributed to Doulton pottery; three sprig decorated including one double handled mug with silver collar, (1870), pitcher with silver collar, (Cornelius Saunders & James Shepherd, London, 1894) and engraved "To Be or Not To Be That is the Question/Hamlet Act III Sc I as perverted by E.W.W."; pitcher, silver collar (London, 1876) "M" monogram, 6 in. to 10-1/2 in.; Note: For a discussion of dating the Frechen style mug , please see: Ivor Noël Hume, If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 2,000 Years of British Household Pottery, Hanover and London: Chipstone Foundation and New England Press, 2001, pps. 112-114, ill.; Provenance: The I. Noel Hume Collection of Artifacts and Antiquities
Condition
mug with one cracked handle, several with minor firing cracks on base, tarnish and small dents to silver mounts