Quart Mug

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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Staffordshire (made) Liverpool (printed)

Mug in creamware with transfer-printed decoration. Cylindrical with strap handle. Transfer-printed in black with 'Sawney's defence against the beast, whore, Pope and Devil'. On the inside a printed monogram of the letters 'DD' enclosed in a floral wreath.

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Category	Ceramics
Object type	Quart mug
Materials and techniques	Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration Earthenware
Brief description	Quart mug with decoration from a satirical print on the 1778 Catholic Relief Act, lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration, probably made in Staffordshire and printed in Liverpool ca. 1779
Physical description	Mug in creamware with transfer-printed decoration. Cylindrical with strap handle. Transfer-printed in black with 'Sawney's defence against the beast, whore, Pope and Devil'. On the inside a printed monogram of the letters 'DD' enclosed in a floral wreath.
Dimensions	Height: 15.4cm Diameter: 11cm
Gallery label	Quart mug Probably made in StaffordshireLiverpool, about 1779 Lead-glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration Circ.70-1959 The decoration from a satirical print of 1779 attacking the Catholic Relief Act of 1778.(23/05/2008)
Object history	The design is taken from an anonymous satirical print published 1st April 1779 as an attack on the Catholic Relief Act on 1778 (British Museum Catalogue of Satires, No. 5534)
Production	The decoration from a satirical print of 1779 attacking the Catholic Relief Act of 1778.
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	CIRC.70-1959

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Record created	March 31, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O149403/quart-mug-unknown/

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