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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mug

ca. 1760-65 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on one side is a group of two ladies and a gentleman angling in a park, and on the other side are figures of a lady and gentleman watching a gardener grafting a tree.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca 1760-65
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and on one side is a group of two ladies and a gentleman angling in a park, and on the other side are figures of a lady and gentleman watching a gardener grafting a tree.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Diameter: 6.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
The print of two ladies and a gentleman angling is taken from 'A View of the Canal and of the Gothic Tower in the Garden of his Grace the Duke of Argyle at Whitton, in Middlesex', drawn and engraved by William Woollett.
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Haines, London, for £1 5 shillings in September 1878
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 638 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:566-1885

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2009
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