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

Mug

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and transfer-printed in black enamel with a landscape with a fox-hunt.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
Brief description
Mug of porcelain, cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and transfer-printed in black enamel, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and transfer-printed in black enamel with a landscape with a fox-hunt.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Diameter: 9.8cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mortlock, London, for £8 in June 1881
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For a punchbowl with this print, see Aileen Dawson, The Art of Worcester Porcelain (2007), cat. 72 (where dated ca. 1765-70)
Other number
Sch. I 663 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:559-1885

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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