Mug
1758 (made)
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Enamelling was an expensive technique that was practised only by independent studios. But in the mid-18th century a cheaper substitute was discovered. Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware could be given scratched decoration, which was then filled in with cobalt blue. It usually consisted of rather stiff floral decoration, with occasional names and dates. Here a long inscription celebrates Britain's victorious alliance with the King of Prussia against the French.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Salt-glazed stoneware with rouletted and sprigged decoration and moulded |
| Brief description | Mug of salt-glazed stoneware with incised blue decoration, cylindrical in shape, and with incised borders inside and outside the rim, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, dated 1758. |
| Physical description | Mug of salt-glazed stoneware with incised blue decoration, cylindrical in shape, and with incised borders inside and outside the rim, and the rim and spreading foot is decorated on the wheel with slight mouldings, and with a loop handle of flattened section, and between two large sprays of flowers is inscribed 'This is Thomas Coxe's Cup : Come my Freind and Drink it Up : Good News is come'n the Bells do Ring : & here's a Health to Prusia's King February 16th 1758'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'This is Thomas Coxe's Cup : Come my Friend and Drink it Up : Good News is come'n the Bells do Ring : & here's a Health to Prusia's King February 16th 1758' (On the front) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Enamelling was an expensive technique that was practised only by independent studios. But in the mid-18th century a cheaper substitute was discovered. Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware could be given scratched decoration, which was then filled in with cobalt blue. It usually consisted of rather stiff floral decoration, with occasional names and dates. Here a long inscription celebrates Britain's victorious alliance with the King of Prussia against the French. |
| Bibliographic reference | Hildyard, Robin. European Ceramics. London : V&A Publications, 1999. 144 p., ill. ISBN 185177260X |
| Other number | Sch. II 83 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:941-1885 |
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| Record created | December 2, 2002 |
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