Mug
ca. 1763 (made)
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Cylindrical beer mug of soft-paste porcelain with strap handle, transfer-printed in red with a portrait of Queen Charlotte framed on each side and below with elaborate rococo scrollwork and flowers, with a lion and a unicorn and the royal shields of arms, and the inscription, 'Charlotte Queen of Great Britain'; signed 'I. Sadler Liverpool'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, thrown and turned, transfer-printed in red enamel |
| Brief description | Mug, soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in red enamel by Sadler and Green in Liverpool, blank made by Worcester porcelain factory, England, about 1763. |
| Physical description | Cylindrical beer mug of soft-paste porcelain with strap handle, transfer-printed in red with a portrait of Queen Charlotte framed on each side and below with elaborate rococo scrollwork and flowers, with a lion and a unicorn and the royal shields of arms, and the inscription, 'Charlotte Queen of Great Britain'; signed 'I. Sadler Liverpool'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'I. Sadler' (Printer mark, transfer-printed in overglaze red enamel) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | Provenance: London, Christies, 08/12/1925. The portrait of Queen Charlotte was copied from a mezzotint by Thomas Frye. |
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| Accession number | C.50-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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