Mug
1690 (dated)
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Cup of buff earthenware, decorated with white and dark slips under a yellow lead glaze. Bell-shaped. Decorated with a tulip and leaves between the numerals '1/6/9/0', and vertical bands of feathered slip in white on a ground covered with a wash of dark red-brown.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration |
| Brief description | Buff earthenware mug decorated with white and dark slips under a yellowish lead glaze. English (Staffordshire), dated 1690. |
| Physical description | Cup of buff earthenware, decorated with white and dark slips under a yellow lead glaze. Bell-shaped. Decorated with a tulip and leaves between the numerals '1/6/9/0', and vertical bands of feathered slip in white on a ground covered with a wash of dark red-brown. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '1 / 6 / 9 / 0' |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | From the Lomax Collection, Lot 42 (London, Cookson). |
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| Accession number | C.119-1938 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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