Not currently on display at the V&A

Mug

ca. 1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Pearsons (maker)
Place of origin
Chesterfield (made)

Brown stoneware, thin mottled brown glaze, darker brown and more shiny mottled glaze inside and at the rim, cylindrical shape with flared rim, and pronounced horizontal grooves, in the manner of throwing rings and a loop handle


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Drinking
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Brown stoneware, thin mottled brown glaze, darker brown and more shiny mottled glaze
Stoneware
Glaze
Brief description
Mug, made by Pearsons, ca. 1985, Chesterfield
Physical description
Brown stoneware, thin mottled brown glaze, darker brown and more shiny mottled glaze inside and at the rim, cylindrical shape with flared rim, and pronounced horizontal grooves, in the manner of throwing rings and a loop handle
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.7cm
  • With handle height: 11.6cm
  • Diameter: 8.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'PEARSONS OF CHESTERFIELD' in a seal enclosing the letter 'P' and '1810 MADE IN ENGLAND' (printed in black on the base)
Gallery label
  • '9. Two Mugs Industrial techniques have been used to imitate the look ad feel of hand-thrown studio pots. These mugs have pronounced 'throwing rings' between which the glaze has collected, yet they were mass-produced.'
  • '9. Two Mugs Industrial techniques have been used to imitate the look ad feel of hand-thrown studio pots. These mugs have pronounced 'throwing rings' between which the glaze has collected, yet they were mass-produced. Britain About 1980 Made by Churchill Tableware Ltd, Staffordshire Earthenware Museum no. C.102-1991 About 1985 Made by Pearsons, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Stoneware Given by Maxwell S. Watson Museum no. C.151-1991'
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.151-1991

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2008
Record URL
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