Commemorative Loving Cup, Two Temples II, Variation Broseley

Item Number: J122
Shape Type:  Loving Cup
Pattern Name:  Two Temples II, Variation Broseley
Date: c.1802
Dimensions: H 6.5″, Handle to Handle 9.25″
Maker:  Maker Unknown
Maker’s Mark: Unmarked
Description:
A rare commemorative pearlware loving cup printed and painted underglaze in blue. On one side is printed the Two Temples II, Variation Broseley pattern, reversed, and on the other side is the hand painted rhyme along with the initials “BR” and the date “1802” framed with a border of geometric design which is, in turn, surrounded with floral sprays. The panel’s verse reads “IF This cup Was higher and Whider / It Whould hould / More Toast and Cyder”. Note the old English spelling of the words “wider”, “would”, “hold”, and “cider”. The butterfly border was printed on the rim and pedestal base. 6.5 inches high and 9.25 inches handle to handle. Maker Unknown. This item was featured in Extraordinary British Transferware, 1780-1840, by R & R Halliday, p. 236, Schiffer Publishing Ltd, PA and in Chinoiserie: Printed British Ceramics in the Chinese Style, 1750-1900, Gomer Press, 2018.
Condition: Very good. Minor professional restoration to a hairline at the bottom of the handle