Topic: victorian childs mug?

[bat20]

Hi all,I've seen one of these described as a Victorian mid century child's mug,it's 8cm ht and 6.5wd with a hint of crackle here and there,but i would say hardly used?It has a fairly flat rim and a deepish foot,any thoughts many thanks.

[Paul S.]

you might be correct, approximately, with the suggestion of mid C19  -  could be wrong, but the handle does appear to be attached top down.            Any chance please that we can have close up shots of the where the handle does attach to the body.

There are known examples of pressed wares that have this combination of blue and amber, although from memory they didn't date to quite that early, and I've a feeling they weren't British..........possibly German, Belgian or French were the suggestions.            Maybe others have a better idea.            The deepish foot well might support the Continental origin, although I notice the rim isn't ground flat.           From where I'm standing the foot appears to show some evidence of a hard life  -  do I need Specsavers, again.

[bat20]

Hi Paul,the base looks like it's been ground flat but hasn't done much sliding about and although the odd chip, again on the base ,it looks like they could have been there from the start,the rim looks like it was cut off and reheated.

[Ivo]

The Portieux George Sand service in these colours dates from circa 1815 but the colours have been popular until today - so there is no telling when these would have been made. What might be a consideration is that sets with a mini bottle and half a dozen shot mugs like these were very popular in German areas from about 1880 to the 1950s. I would not b unreasonable to think these have been made in the early part of the 20th century, either in France or in adjecent Germany.

[bat20]

Thanks Ivo,you wouldn't need to many shots to do the job with these i reckon.