Mug

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

Mug, of hard-paste porcelain painted in canary-yellow enamel and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a foliated loop handle, and decorated with a broad and narrow band of yellow edged with gilt cresting, between them is a wreath in gold

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, lead-glazed and painted in yellow enamel and gilded
Brief description
Mug of hard-paste porcelain, painted in canary-yellow enamel and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a foliated loop handle, made by Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1800
Physical description
Mug, of hard-paste porcelain painted in canary-yellow enamel and gilded, cylindrical in shape with a foliated loop handle, and decorated with a broad and narrow band of yellow edged with gilt cresting, between them is a wreath in gold
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Diameter: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Chamberlain Worcester' (Written in gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £2 in December 1872
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 611 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:675-1885

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Record createdJanuary 27, 2009
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