Mug
1756-1760 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Vauxhall mug, soft-paste porcelain painted with two horsemen in under-glaze blue.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Soft paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Mug, of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, nearly cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, 1756-1760 |
| Physical description | Mug, of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue, nearly cylindrical in shape with a loop handle; painted with equestrian figures, a lady and gentleman on horseback, in a landscape with ruined buildings; on the handle are sprays of flowers and a butterfly. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The equestrian figures are copied from an engraving after a drawing by R. Walker, published in The Ladies' Amusement, Plate 33 Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Solomon, London, for 14 shillings in January 1871. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
| Production | Considered to be Vauxhall (Crisp & Sanders factory) by Dr Bernard Watney, 1991. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Vauxhall mug, soft-paste porcelain painted with two horsemen in under-glaze blue. |
| Bibliographic reference | Massey, Roger, Marno, Felicity and Spero, Simon, Ceramics of Vauxhall: 18th century pottery and porcelain, London, English Ceramic Circle, 2007
p.82 |
| Other number | Sch. I 781 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:110-1885 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2007 |
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