Mug
ca. 1680-1695 (made)
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Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape and strokes down the outside of the handle in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pale duck egg blue on exterior, interior and underside except for around edge of base which is wiped clean of glaze. Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside with long pointed terminal. Underside slightly concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly made by Brislington pottery, Brislington or London, ca. 1680-1695 |
| Physical description | Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape and strokes down the outside of the handle in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pale duck egg blue on exterior, interior and underside except for around edge of base which is wiped clean of glaze. Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside with long pointed terminal. Underside slightly concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Credit line | Mellor Bequest |
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| Bibliographic reference | Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8 |
| Other number | C10. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.27-1963 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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