Loving cup, double scroll handles, dark green slip ground with sgraffito decoration.
Back of cup shows a scallop shell and tree trunk entwined by a cord.
Does the cord and its looping shape represent a lovers' knot?
What is the significance of the scallop shell and tree trunk?
Mark: Impressed SALOPIAN mark
Height: 140mm / 5.5in
Date: 1897
Provenance: Descendants of the Howard family; Lawrences, Crewkerne, Somerset (5 July 2018);
Nock Deighton, Bridgnorth, Shropshire (17 Oct 2018); Private collection, UK