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Chocolate Mug with Cover, c.1800

One of a pair of chocolate cups in the Neo-classical style with scenes of a military encampment on “canary” yellow ground. The scenes have been attributed to John Brewer (1764-1816), a master of landscape, flowers and plants.

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