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Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Posset Pot

1682 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (maker)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Posset pot of red earthenware, lead-glazed with marbled, trailed and stamped slip decoration. Round the top are the initials 'R.F., I.G., M.G., and R.D.' Globular, with wide cylindrical mouth and two scrolled loop handles. The body is decorated with rosettes connected by a wavy stem.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Slipware
Earthenware
Object type
Posset pot
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware with marbled, trailed and stamped slip decoration
Earthenware
Lead Glaze
Stamped
Slip Trailing
Brief description
Red earthenware coated and decorated with white and brown slips and covered with a yellowish lead glaze. English (Staffordshire), dated 1682.
Physical description
Posset pot of red earthenware, lead-glazed with marbled, trailed and stamped slip decoration. Round the top are the initials 'R.F., I.G., M.G., and R.D.' Globular, with wide cylindrical mouth and two scrolled loop handles. The body is decorated with rosettes connected by a wavy stem.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
  • Width: 23.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'RF IG MO RD 1682' (applied)
Gallery label
  • Posset-pot Made in Staffordshire, 1682 Mark: 'RF IG MO RD 1682', inscribed Lead-glazed earthenware 4717-1901 Jermyn Street Collection(23/05/2008)
  • Cup, Staffordshire, possibly by 'RF', dated 1682(2010 (TAB))
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Jermyn Street Collection
A very similar jug is in the Potteries Museum and it bears the letters 'RF' 'IS' '1685'. It is possible that the initials 'RF' are for the potter.
Production
Possibly by an unknown potter with the initials 'RF'.
Subjects depicted
Rosettes
Wave Pattern
Bibliographic references
  • Rackham, Bernard, Early Staffordshire Pottery, London: Faber & Faber, 1951
  • Slipware Collection. Potteries Museum
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
4717-1901

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151138/posset-pot-unknown/
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