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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mug

ca. 1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of earthenware with applied and stamped decoration. Globular body with a cylindrical neck, foot and loop handle. Mounted with a pewter thumb piece. Pewter cover inscribed with 'I.F.T.' over 'V.H.'. On the front and sides are three applied reliefs of a winged cherub's head.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware with applied and stamped decoration and pewter cover
Brief description
Mug of earthenware with pewter cover, with applied and stamped decoration, Gabel, Bohemia, about 1650-1700.
Physical description
Mug of earthenware with applied and stamped decoration. Globular body with a cylindrical neck, foot and loop handle. Mounted with a pewter thumb piece. Pewter cover inscribed with 'I.F.T.' over 'V.H.'. On the front and sides are three applied reliefs of a winged cherub's head.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.6cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Terra sigillata' with the arms and initials 'W' and 'H' of Heinrich Wolf Bercka (Stamped)
  • 'I.F.T.' over 'V.H.' (Inscribed on the cover)
Gallery label
Jug with the arms and initials of Heinrich Wolf Bercka Made at Gabel, Bohemia about 1650-1700 Earthenware 'Terra sigillata' C.455-1927 Given by Lt.-Col. K. Dingwall, D.S.O., through the National Art Collections Fund(16/07/2008)
Credit line
Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.455-1927

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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