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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Mug

1752 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration in blue, cylindrical in shape, and the rim and spreading foot are decorated on the wheel with slight mouldings and a narrow border of chevron pattern, and the loop handle is of flattened section, and on the front are the initials and date 'I H' and '1752' within a wreath flanked by two sprays of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration in blue and moulded
Brief description
Mug of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration in blue, cylindrical in shape, with a loop handle, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, 1752.
Physical description
Mug of salt-glazed stoneware with incised decoration in blue, cylindrical in shape, and the rim and spreading foot are decorated on the wheel with slight mouldings and a narrow border of chevron pattern, and the loop handle is of flattened section, and on the front are the initials and date 'I H' and '1752' within a wreath flanked by two sprays of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'I H / 1752' (Within a wreath on the front)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Wills, Geoffrey. Wedgwood. Feltham : Country Life Books, 1980.
Other number
Sch. II 82 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:940-1885

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2009
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