Mug
ca. 1843 (made)
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Mug of lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed with in underglaze black on one side with a half-length portrait of Brunel, the engineer of the Thames Tunnel, and on the other side with a view of the tunnel. Cylindrical with a foliated loop handle. Below the view of the Tunnel is inscribed '1,200 feet long, 76 feet below high water mark, was 8 years building & cost £446,000. Opened the 25th day of March, 1843.'.
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze black |
| Brief description | Mug of lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze black, Staffordshire, ca. 1843. |
| Physical description | Mug of lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed with in underglaze black on one side with a half-length portrait of Brunel, the engineer of the Thames Tunnel, and on the other side with a view of the tunnel. Cylindrical with a foliated loop handle. Below the view of the Tunnel is inscribed '1,200 feet long, 76 feet below high water mark, was 8 years building & cost £446,000. Opened the 25th day of March, 1843.'. |
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| Gallery label | Mug
Made in Staffordshire, about 1843
Commemorating the opening of Marc Brunel's Thames Tunnel in 1843
Lead-glazed earthenware
3641-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
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| Bibliographic reference | Doran, Susan. Royal River. Power Pageantry and the Thames. London: Scala Publishers Ltd. 2012. 209p, ill. cat. no. 172. ISBN 978-1-85759-700-4 |
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| Accession number | 3641-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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