Mug
ca. 1770 (made)
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Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and painted with exotic birds and butterflies in two large and two small shaped panels surrounded by gilt rococo scrolls and reserved in white on an apple-green ground, and round the rim inside is a green border edged with gilt scrolls.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical description | Mug of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, and cylindrical in shape with a loop handle, and painted with exotic birds and butterflies in two large and two small shaped panels surrounded by gilt rococo scrolls and reserved in white on an apple-green ground, and round the rim inside is a green border edged with gilt scrolls. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | These two mugs were both purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber in May 1869, one from Lee, London, for £1 10 shillings, and the other from Etienne Baud, Lausanne, for £1 12 shillings. In her Journals (vol. I, p. 3) she records 'Again to Mme. Band's ... While with her Mr. Band came in, showed us a beautiful Worcester green mug, painted in birds and gilt, whch we bought at £1 12.' She bought the two dishes with green and gilt borders, 414:527, 528-1885, from Wareham, London, for £1 each in October 1867. |
| Production | It is possible that the decoration was added in the 19th century, but if so it must predate May 1869 (see Object History note). |
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| Other number | Sch. I 559 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:582-1885 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2009 |
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