EXTREMELY RARE EARLY COMPTON POTTERY COMMEMORATIVE. GEORGE V CORONATION MUG. This is quite a rare early Mary Watts / Compton Pottery commemorative mug designed at the Compton factory’s (Gilford)’Potters’ Arts Guild’ and dates, I would guess, to the 1911 Coronation of King George V. It is depicted in a mottled grey typical mug form with relief images of the’G M G’ monogram around its girth, flanked by the Rose, Shamrock, Thistle, and Leek. Above and below are banded relief images of the Fleur-De-Lis and the coronation date respectively. Below the rim is the Latin inscription’Foy Roy Loy’ (“One King, Faith, Law”), and behind the ornate handle is’Compton Surry’. The base has the impressed Compton’PAG’ pottery mark – see photographs and details. It measures 4 3/4″ (12cm) (base to handle tip) x 3 3/4″ (9.5cm) W approx; and is in excellent condition for this type of ware with only tiny scuffs / glaze flakes to the rim to report (and I’m not sure they are not original as they look to be underglaze) – again see photographs and details. This is a wonderful rare early period Compton pottery Royal Commemorative which is in great condition and with a realistic, yet still low start price should get considerable interest from all collectors. THERE IS NO RESERVE ON THIS SALE. ALMOST EVERYTHING I SELL IS IN THE CONDITION I HAVE BOUGHT IT, UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, (I HAVE LEARNT TO MY COST IN THE PAST NOT TO TAMPER WITH AN ITEM), AND THEREFORE I HAVE NEITHER HAD ITEMS REPAIRED NOR RESTORED. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO REPORT ON AN ITEM WHICH HAS HAD EITHER; HOWEVER I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY IF AN ITEM HAS BEEN TAMPERED WITH AND I CANNOT DETECT IT. PLEASE DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME ASKING FOR A B. I WILL DISPATCH GOODS ON CLEARANCE OF ANY OF THE ABOVE. I DO NOT ACCEPT – NON U. ALL PARCELS ARE WELL PACKED AND PROTECTED WITH STRONG BOXES, BUBBLE WRAP AND PACKAGING PEANUTS WHERE NECESSARY. SO PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY AS THEY ARE BINDING. DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
