DOMESTIC : BELLEEK

Title: Belleek mug
Maker: Belleek Pottery Limited (Primary maker)
Date Made: 20th century
20th century
Place Made: Northern Ireland: County Fermanagh: Belleek
Belleek
Description: Small cream coloured porcelain Belleek mug with round flat base and exterior straight sides have a basket weave pattern. Mug is decorated with two green shamrock sprays linked to the handle of the mug which is moulded and painted brown to look like a twig or branch. Base is marked with a black 2nd period Belleek mark, Belleek Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, which dates item to c.1891-1926.
Materials: porcelain
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.2015.27

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