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

Mug

1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Liverpool (made)

Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowers, leaves, two birds and a butterfly in green, yellow, orange, blue and manganese-purple. In the middle of the underside is the inscription S/R S/1755 in orange. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside and slightly grooved on the outside, with rolled terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)


Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Drinking
Earthenware
SCRAN
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, Liverpool, 1755
Physical description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Flowers, leaves, two birds and a butterfly in green, yellow, orange, blue and manganese-purple. In the middle of the underside is the inscription S/R S/1755 in orange. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Bluish white.
Shape: Handle flat on the inside and slightly grooved on the outside, with rolled terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.2cm
  • Diameter: 11.2cm
Height: H. 17.2 cms (6 3/4 ins).() Diameter: D. 11.2 cms (4 7/16 ins)
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed on underside: S/R S/1755 (Back)
Object history
Purchased from Mr R. Manser, Putney, London, 1927.
Subjects depicted
Flower
Leaf
Bird
Butterfly
Bibliographic references
  • 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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 837.
Other number
C22. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.458-1927

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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