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On loan

  • On display at the National Horseracing Museum, Newmarket

Mug

1793 (made)
Artist/Maker
Lambeth High Street (manufacturer)
Brayne, John (producer)
Place of origin
Lambeth High Street (made)

Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A race between two horses, the jockeys apparently exchanging blows in a landscape with trees and hills. Within the curve of the handle, which has scroll decoration, is the inscription 1793. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, particularly obvious at mouth and foot.
Shape: Handle concave on inside, rounded on outside with a rolled lower terminal. The base is of glass. (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, probably made by J. Brayne in Lambeth High Street, dated 1793
Physical description
Mug of tin-glazed earthenware, painted. A race between two horses, the jockeys apparently exchanging blows in a landscape with trees and hills. Within the curve of the handle, which has scroll decoration, is the inscription 1793. All the decoration is in blue. The rim is in brownish red.
Body colour: Buff.
Glaze: Greenish white with noticeably turquoise areas, particularly obvious at mouth and foot.
Shape: Handle concave on inside, rounded on outside with a rolled lower terminal. The base is of glass. (Alphabetic shape codes as used in appendix to Archer. Delftware. 1997)
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.5cm
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
  • Weight: 0.62kg (weighed) (Note: Glass base)
Credit line
Mellor Bequest
Subjects depicted
Horses
Jockeys
Landscapes (Representations)
Trees
Hills
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: 865.
  • Massey, Roger. Later London delftware 1780-1810. English Ceramics Circle Transactions Volume 23, 2012, pp127-142. Illustrated fig. 14, 131p. In his 'Indications of later delftware' section, the author lists a number of features which are distinctive and diagnostic of later London production. This mug, viewed from the side near the handle, is used to illustrate his group c comprising distinctive foliage.
Other number
C27. - <u>Delftware</u> (1997) cat. no.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.8-1963

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Record createdJanuary 29, 2000
Record URL
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