Mug
ca. 1780-1790 (made)
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Mug in lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a bearded satyr's head crowned with a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes spreading from an olive-green loop handle in the form of a vine branch, and with an oval base with a moulded border of rope-pattern, and the hair and ears of the satyr and the grapes are coloured in various shades of brown, and the leaves and the base are leaf-green.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lead-glazed earthenware and moulded |
| Brief description | Mug in lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a bearded satyr's head crowned with a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1780-1790. |
| Physical description | Mug in lead-glazed earthenware and moulded in the form of a bearded satyr's head crowned with a wreath of vine-leaves and grapes spreading from an olive-green loop handle in the form of a vine branch, and with an oval base with a moulded border of rope-pattern, and the hair and ears of the satyr and the grapes are coloured in various shades of brown, and the leaves and the base are leaf-green. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two mugs with 414:1075/A-1885 (Sch. II 288A). |
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| Other number | Sch. II 288 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:1075-1885 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2009 |
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