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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Mug

ca. 1690-1698 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of red stoneware, globular body, reeded cylindrical neck; loop handle. Decorated with a spray of flowers and a wyvern and merry-adnrew repeated.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Red stoneware, slip-cast and lathe-turned, with mould-applied decoration
Brief description
'Gorge' mug, slip-cast and lathe-turned red stoneware with mould-applied decoration, made by David and John Philip Elers, Bradwell Wood, Staffordshire, ca. 1690-1698
Physical description
Mug of red stoneware, globular body, reeded cylindrical neck; loop handle. Decorated with a spray of flowers and a wyvern and merry-adnrew repeated.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 8.3cm
Gallery label
Mug ("gorge") Made by David and John Philip Elers, Bradwell Wood, Staffordshire, about 1690-1698 Red stoneware, slip-cast and lathe-turned, with mould-applied decoration C.100-1938 Wallace Elliot bequest(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Sotheby's, 12/02/1931. From the B.T. Harland Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.100-1938

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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