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Mug

ca. 1680-1695 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape and strokes down the outside of the handle in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pale duck egg blue on exterior, interior and underside except for around edge of base which is wiped clean of glaze. Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside with long pointed terminal. Underside slightly concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tin-glazed earthenware, painted
Brief description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted, possibly made by Brislington pottery, Brislington or London, ca. 1680-1695
Physical description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. Chinese figure seated in an oriental landscape and strokes down the outside of the handle in blue. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Pale duck egg blue on exterior, interior and underside except for around edge of base which is wiped clean of glaze. Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside with long pointed terminal. Underside slightly concave. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.4cm
  • Diameter: 9.3cm
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
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
Other number
C10. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Accession number
C.27-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
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