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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Clews, James and Ralph (maker)
Place of origin	Staffordshire (made)

Mug of cream-coloured earthenware, transfer-printed in black with an engraving of 'The Farmers Arms' with verses. Cylindrical in shape with angular handle. Above and below are ribbons are inscribed 'ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD' and 'INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH'. Round both sides of the rim is a leaf border. The 'arms' consist of a shield engraved with agricultural emblems and supported on one side by a labourer holding a scythe, and on the other by a dairy-maid with a churn.

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Categories	Ceramics Earthenware
Object type	Mug
Materials and techniques	Earthenware, transfer-printed in underglaze black Earthenware Transfer-Printed Glazed
Brief description	Mug of cream-coloured earthenware transfer-printed in underglaze black, possibly Ralph and James Clews, Staffordshire, ca. 1840.
Physical description	Mug of cream-coloured earthenware, transfer-printed in black with an engraving of 'The Farmers Arms' with verses. Cylindrical in shape with angular handle. Above and below are ribbons are inscribed 'ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD' and 'INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH'. Round both sides of the rim is a leaf border. The 'arms' consist of a shield engraved with agricultural emblems and supported on one side by a labourer holding a scythe, and on the other by a dairy-maid with a churn.
Dimensions	Height: 13.3cm Diameter: 8.6cm converted from registers
Production type	Mass produced
Marks and inscriptions	'J. & R C' [within a beaded oval] (Printed in black to base. Registered description suggests that this may be the mark of Ralph and James Clews. [Unconfirmed]) 'May the Mighty and Great, / Roll in Splendour and State, / I envy them not I declare it; / I eat my own Lamb, / My Chicken and Ham, / I shear my own Sheep and I wear it; / So you jolly Boys now, / Heres God speed the Plough, / Long life and content to the Farmer' 'ALL OUR TRUST IN GOD' (Inscribed above the ribbon) 'INDUSTRY PRODUCETH WEALTH' (Inscribed below the ribbon)
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Production	see note on Marks
Subjects depicted	Farmers Milkmaids Scythes Churns Poems
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	3639-1901

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Record created	March 2, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195634/mug-clews-james-and/

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