RARE Miles Mason Bat Printed Classical Scenes (Minerva) Gilt Coffee Can c1810

Miles Mason Bat Printed Classical Scenes Gilt Coffee Can c1810. Mason produced a number of printed items with classical scenes around this time, sometimes in black and sometimes in red, with many of these patterns unnumbered.

The can features a gilt loop-handle with single rest and a thick gilt band to the rim. The print is of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, riding a chariot with her son Eros holding a flaming torch. The can is in excellent condition with no chips or cracks. There is some slight wear to the gilt rim, more pronounced to the side opposite the handle. The coffee can is 6cm high, 6.5cm diameter rim to rim and weighs 106g.

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