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

Mug

ca. 1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of buff earthenware covered with a white slip and yellow lead glaze. Decoration moulded and applied. Cylindrical with moulded foot and loop handle. Round the sides a rose and thistle spray applied in relief on a medallion, repeated four times. Two of the medallions being covered with a brown pigment.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed earthenware
Brief description
Lead-glazed earthenware mug. English, probably Sussex, ca. 1700-1800
Physical description
Mug of buff earthenware covered with a white slip and yellow lead glaze. Decoration moulded and applied. Cylindrical with moulded foot and loop handle. Round the sides a rose and thistle spray applied in relief on a medallion, repeated four times. Two of the medallions being covered with a brown pigment.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register height: 11.7cm
  • Taken from register diameter: 12.4cm
Gallery label
Mug Probably English, about 1700-1800 Lead-glazed earthenware C.108-1930 Given by Miss E L Dunning(23/05/2008)
Credit line
Given by Miss E. L. Dunning
Object history
Originally thought to be 19th century.
Historical context
A milk pail bought for the Hanley Museums at the Revalstoke sale, Bottick and Simpson's, Nov. 21, lot 450, of red earthenware with applied moulded medallion of a bird and two fronds in white (yellow glaze) is somewhat similar in technique; it is inscribed "Mary Martin, Tarring Sussex".
Production
Possibly made in Sussex.
Collection
Accession number
C.108-1930

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Record createdMarch 31, 2008
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