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Mug

1657 (made)
Artist/Maker
Montague Close (manufacturers)
Pickleherring Pottery (manufacturers)
Rotherhithe Pottery (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Montague Close (made)
Pickleherring (made)
Rotherhithe (made)

Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Speckled manganese-purple with a panel in reserve outlined and inscribed BOYES: BEE: MERY: 1657 in blue. White interior.
Body colour: Mid-buff. Glaze: Greyish white with dark specks.
Shape: The handle is of flattened oval section. Underside unglazed, slightly concave, without foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Delftware
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Tin Glaze
Earthenware
Glazed
Painted
Brief description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly made by Montague Close or Pickleherring Pottery or Rotherhithe pottery, England, 1657
Physical description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Speckled manganese-purple with a panel in reserve outlined and inscribed BOYES: BEE: MERY: 1657 in blue. White interior.
Body colour: Mid-buff. Glaze: Greyish white with dark specks.
Shape: The handle is of flattened oval section. Underside unglazed, slightly concave, without foot-rim. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.9cm
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'BOYES: BEE: MERY: 1657' (In blue)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
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
  • Lipski and Archer, No: 736.
Other number
C7. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.84-1947

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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