23rd Apr, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Country House
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A Mining Disaster Commemorative Mug, possibly Newbottle Pottery, circa 1823, inscribed Number 30/Number 28 James & Robert Shields lost Nov 3r 1823 / Be warned then by our sudden call / That you for death prepare / For it will come you know not when / The manner how or where / Joseph & Isabella Watson within a red rose wreath, 14.5cm high
Robert Shields, 30 years old, and James Shields, 28 years old, were killed in the 3rd November 1823 explosion of inflammable air at the Plain Pit of Rainton Colliery, Houghton-le-Spring, belonging to the Marquis of Londonderry. 53 men and boys were killed, and several other seriously hurt, two of whom died later. 12 horses were also killed and the bodies presented a shocking spectacle being burnt and mutilated
Sold for £550
Estimated at £150 - £200
Some wear to enamels and star cracks to base.
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Auction: Country House, 23rd Apr, 2022
The Country House Sales offer an appealing mix of traditional antiques and curiosities, good furnishing pieces and specialist collectors’ items. The sales incorporate the contents of important properties and private collections as well as individually consigned lots redolent of the English Country House.
This sale will feature property from three private estates; The Contents of The Laithes, Penrith from the Estate of Ian Stephenson, The Selected Contents of a Private House to be sold on behalf of the 7th Earl of Durham, and The Selected Contents of a Private House, St Judes, Isle of Man.
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