Mug
ca. 1760 (made)
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Mug of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on one side is a boy conversing with a milkmaid who stands with a yoke on her shoulders beside a pail and near a dog and two cows, and the other side has a milking scene with a boy talking to a girl who is milking a cow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel |
| Brief description | Mug of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Mug of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on one side is a boy conversing with a milkmaid who stands with a yoke on her shoulders beside a pail and near a dog and two cows, and the other side has a milking scene with a boy talking to a girl who is milking a cow. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The print was engraved by Robert Hancock. The subject of the panel with the milkmaid carrying a yoke and talking to a youth is copied from an engraving by Frances Vivares published in 1760, and after a painting by Thomas Gainsborough entitled 'The Rural Lovers'. The subject of the panel with the youth talking to a maid who is milking a cow is after an engraving by Luke Sullivan, published in 1759, of 'A View of Woodburn in Surrey'. Given to Lady Charlotte Schreiber by Miss Berkeley, Blackheath, in July 1871 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 635 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:560-1885 |
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| Record created | January 28, 2009 |
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