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 in the front is a shield with the arms of Martindale of Cumberland, with a charged barry of six argent and gules, over all a bend sable, and of rococo form, surrounded by scrollwork and bunches of grapes with foliage, and supported by a boy with a blue scarf thrown over one shoulder, holding in his right hand a rod twined about with vine, and a ribbon below the shield bears the motto 'MERITE FORTUNE', and bouquets and sprays of flowers in rich gilding are distributed over the remaining surface.
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, and in the front is a shield with the arms of Martindale of Cumberland, 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 in the front is a shield with the arms of Martindale of Cumberland, with a charged barry of six argent and gules, over all a bend sable, and of rococo form, surrounded by scrollwork and bunches of grapes with foliage, and supported by a boy with a blue scarf thrown over one shoulder, holding in his right hand a rod twined about with vine, and a ribbon below the shield bears the motto 'MERITE FORTUNE', and bouquets and sprays of flowers in rich gilding are distributed over the remaining surface. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Carter, London, for £15 in March 1879 |
| Production | In a lecture delivered at the Dorchester Ceramic Fair in 1984 Robert Charleston attributed the decoration of this mug to the London workshop of James Giles, partly on stylistic grounds and in part based the record of Mr Martindale having purchased several 'parcels' of china and glass from James Giles between 1771 and 1774. |
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| Other number | Sch. I 573 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:573-1885 |
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| Record created | January 23, 2009 |
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