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Mug

ca. 1720-1730 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vauxhall Pottery (manufacturer)
Chilwell, William (I) (producer)
Place of origin
Vauxhall (made)

Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A vase of flowers flanked by Chinese figures walking towards it in red, blue, green and yellow. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pinkish white pooling and dribbling in a bluish white colour.
Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on the outside with rolled terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Drinking
Earthenware
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, made by William Chilwell I, Vauxhall pottery, Vauxhall, ca. 1720-1730
Physical description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A vase of flowers flanked by Chinese figures walking towards it in red, blue, green and yellow. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pinkish white pooling and dribbling in a bluish white colour.
Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on the outside with rolled terminal. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.2cm
  • Diameter: 5.7cm
Height: Ht. 7.2 cms (2 13/16 ins).() Diameter: D. 5.7 cms (2 1/4 ins)
Credit line
Given by Mrs C. Hemming
Production
London (Vauxhall, William Chilwell I)
Subjects depicted
Flower
Figure
Bibliographic references
  • Archer, Michael. Delftware: the tin-glazed earthenware of the British Isles. A catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: HMSO, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1997. ISBN 0 11 290499 8
  • Teaware, No: 19. Rijksmuseum, No: 79.
Other number
H4. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.52-1939

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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