Mug
ca. 1650-1660 (made)
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Regularly sponged or powdered manganese-purple on the exterior. The interior is uncoloured.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Dull buff, thick and much crazed on interior. Underside wiped virtually clean of glaze.
Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside. Noticeably concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Dull buff, thick and much crazed on interior. Underside wiped virtually clean of glaze.
Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside. Noticeably concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tin-glazed earthenware, painted |
| Brief description | Monochrome |
| Physical description | Regularly sponged or powdered manganese-purple on the exterior. The interior is uncoloured. Body colour: Buff. Glaze: Dull buff, thick and much crazed on interior. Underside wiped virtually clean of glaze. Shape: Handle flat on inside, rounded on outside. Noticeably concave on underside. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997) |
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| Object history | Found in Southwark Bridge Road, London. Purchased from the collection of the late Mr James Smith of Whitechapel at Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1901, part of Lot 40. |
| 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 | C5. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1454-1901 |
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| Record created | January 29, 2000 |
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