Mug
1809-1815 (made)
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Mug of cream-coloured felspathic stoneware, cylindrical in shape, and with a loop handle picked out in chocolate enamel. Round the sides are three subjects in relief - two children with torches, a child with a lion, and Charlotte at the tomb of Werther. Band of moulded basketwork below, and painted with a brown border below the rim. Glazed inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Felspathic stoneware painted with enamel, moulded and glazed |
| Brief description | Mug of cream-coloured felspathic stoneware, probably Chetham & Woolley, Staffordshire, for retailer James Mist, 1809-1815 |
| Physical description | Mug of cream-coloured felspathic stoneware, cylindrical in shape, and with a loop handle picked out in chocolate enamel. Round the sides are three subjects in relief - two children with torches, a child with a lion, and Charlotte at the tomb of Werther. Band of moulded basketwork below, and painted with a brown border below the rim. Glazed inside. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MIST' (Impressed on the base) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The mark is possibly that of Mist, a London dealer of 82 Fleet Street, who is stated to have been the London agent for Turner, and was perhaps a partner in the Staffordshire firm of Abbott and Mist, the former of whom is said to have been a partner of John Turner. |
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| Other number | Sch. II 563 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:1188-1885 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2009 |
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