Beer Mug
c.1820 (made)
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Mug of cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a moulded foot and loop handle. The front is inscribed with 'Tho' malt and venom / Seem united / Don't break my pot / Nor be affrighted' and is surrounded by a roughly-painted wreath of roses and ribbons. Inside is a figure of a toad in relief.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels |
| Brief description | Beer mug of cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels, probably made by Wear Pottery, S. Moore & Co., Southwick, Sunderland, c. 1820-30 |
| Physical description | Mug of cream coloured lead-glazed earthenware painted in enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a moulded foot and loop handle. The front is inscribed with 'Tho' malt and venom / Seem united / Don't break my pot / Nor be affrighted' and is surrounded by a roughly-painted wreath of roses and ribbons. Inside is a figure of a toad in relief. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Tho' malt and venom / Seem united / Don't break my pot / Nor be affrighted' (Inscribed on the front) |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Formerly attributed to Leeds |
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| Bibliographic reference | Stephen John Smith, 'Moore Inscriptions', on Sunderland and Tyne Lustre Pottery, www.sunderlandpottery.com, accessed August 2024 |
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| Accession number | 3623-1901 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2008 |
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