Please complete the form to email this item.

Mug

Mug

  • Place of origin:

    Vauxhall, England (made)

  • Date:

    1756-1760 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Vauxhall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber

  • Museum number:

    414:110-1885

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case F, shelf 4

  • Download image

Vauxhall mug, soft-paste porcelain painted with two horsemen in under-glaze blue.

Physical description

Mug of soft paste porcelain, painted with underglaze blue, and nearly cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and decorated with equestrian figures, a lady and gentleman on horseback, in a landscape with ruined buildings, and on the handle are sprays of flowers and a butterfly.

Place of Origin

Vauxhall, England (made)

Date

1756-1760 (made)

Artist/maker

Vauxhall porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Soft paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue

Dimensions

Height: 15 cm, Diameter: 16 cm including handle

Object history note

The equestrian figures are copied from an engraving after a drawing by R. Walker, published in The Ladies' Amusement, Plate 33.

Descriptive line

Mug of soft paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and nearly cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, 1756-1760.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

The English Ceramic Circle, The Ceramics of Vauxhall: 18th Century Pottery and Porcelain, (Engish Ceramic Circle: 2007), p. 82.

Exhibition History

Ceramics of Vauxhall: 18th Century Pottery and Porcelain (Stockspring Antiques 07/06/2007-18/06/2007)

Production Note

Considered to be Vauxhall (Crisp & Sanders factory) by Dr Bernard Watney, 1991.

Materials

Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques

Painted

Subjects depicted

Flowers; Man; Woman; Landscapes (representations); Butterfly; Riding (horseback riding)

Categories

Porcelain; Ceramics

Collection code

CER

Download image
Qr_O132612
Ajax-loader