On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Quart Mug

ca. 1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Fulham (made)

Quart mug of brown salt-glazed stoneware with buff base.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Stoneware
Object type
Quart mug
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware
Stoneware
Glazed
Brief description
Quart mug, salt-glazed stoneware, Fulham, London, ca. 1790
Physical description
Quart mug of brown salt-glazed stoneware with buff base.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.1cm
  • Incl. handle length: 15.1cm
  • Width: 11.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'I-Irish/ Yapton' (impressed)
  • Conjoined 'WR' excise mark
Credit line
Purchased with the support of Sir Harry Djanogly CBE and with funds from the Hugh Phillips and Robert Stones Bequests
Object history
Formerly Tait Collection, sold at Sothebys, 28/4/1981, Lot 29, and was bought by Jonathan Horne.
Bibliographic references
  • Hildyard, Robin. Browne Muggs: English brown stoneware. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1985
  • Hildyard, Robin. "Tavern mugs" in Antique Collecting. Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., September 1996, pp.26-30, fig. 10
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.96-2013

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Record createdJuly 22, 2013
Record URL
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