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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Mug

1703 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Earthenware mug. A depressed globular body with spreading foot and wide straight neck. The body and neck are studded with small pads of clay stamped with 'star' impressions. Below the handle are the impressed initials 'R.H.' and interspersed between the 'stars' around the middle of the body are the initials 'MB' and the date '1703'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware
Brief description
Earthenware mug with applied reliefs and covered with a brown lead glaze. English (Wiltshire), dated 1703.
Physical description
Earthenware mug. A depressed globular body with spreading foot and wide straight neck. The body and neck are studded with small pads of clay stamped with 'star' impressions. Below the handle are the impressed initials 'R.H.' and interspersed between the 'stars' around the middle of the body are the initials 'MB' and the date '1703'.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 4 1/8in
  • Taken from register diameter: 2 5/8in
Marks and inscriptions
  • R.H.
  • MB
  • 1703
Gallery label
  • Mug Made in Wiltshire, dated 1703 Earthenware C.22-1959 Given by Mrs E A Hopkins(23/05/2008)
  • Mug, Wiltshire, dated 1703(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. A. Hopkins
Object history
Given to the museum by Mrs. E.A. Hopkins.
Collection
Accession number
C.22-1959

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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