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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mug

1586 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Squat brown salt-glazed stoneware mug decorated with lion masks around the neck. The date 1586 flanks an impressed shield bearing an unidentified merchant's mark.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stoneware with applied moulded decoration
Brief description
Mug, made in Frechen, Germany, dated 1586, stoneware with applied moulded decoration
Physical description
Squat brown salt-glazed stoneware mug decorated with lion masks around the neck. The date 1586 flanks an impressed shield bearing an unidentified merchant's mark.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.125in (Note: From Registered Description)
  • Base diameter: 2.625in (Note: From Registered Description)
Gallery label
Mug Made in Frechen, Germany dated 1586 Stoneware with applied moulded decoration 116-1872(16/07/2008)
Object history
Purchase price note: Bought for 5s.
Bibliographic reference
Gaimster. Cat.54.
Collection
Accession number
116-1872

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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