Mug
about 1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Mug of buff earthenware with decoration incised through a chocolate-brown slip under a yellow glaze. Cylindrical with slightly spreading base and small loop handle. Incised with two vertically disposed wavy stems each with four pairs of small leaves, separated by a rectangular panel of criss-cross.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration |
| Brief description | Mug, lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration. English, made in Staffordshire or Derbyshire, about 1730. |
| Physical description | Mug of buff earthenware with decoration incised through a chocolate-brown slip under a yellow glaze. Cylindrical with slightly spreading base and small loop handle. Incised with two vertically disposed wavy stems each with four pairs of small leaves, separated by a rectangular panel of criss-cross. |
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| Gallery label | Earthenware mug
Made in StaffordshireDerbyshire, 1700-50
Lead-glazed earthenware with slip decoration
C.97-1928(23/05/2008) |
| Bibliographic reference | Rackham, Bernard and Herbert Read, English Pottery, 1924, pl. XXXVIII. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.97-1928 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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