Mug with Lid Decorated with Fox-hunting Scene

Sergei Poskochin factory, Morye Village, St. Petersburg Province, Russia. 1830s

Relief decoration, coloured faience, faience

Height: 8.5 cm (with lid: 11.3 cm), diameter: 8.1 cm

Impressed mark reads “S. Poskochin”, second impressed mark reads “B.S.”

Donated by L.F. Pyrina in 1964

Fox-hunting scenes are among the most common designs used in English pottery. Josiah Wedgwood was the first to use a fox-hunting relief decoration for his jasperware