Mug

ca. 1753-56 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a slightly spreading foot and loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with flowers, rocks and palisade in blue, red and green. Border outside the rim in red and green.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels
Brief description
Cylindrical mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1753-56
Physical description
Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue and enamels. Cylindrical in shape with a slightly spreading foot and loop handle. Painted in Chinese style with flowers, rocks and palisade in blue, red and green. Border outside the rim in red and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.5cm
  • Diameter: 7.9cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • A stroke

    Note
    Incised

  • A blurred mark

    Note
    In blue under the handle

Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For this or a closely related underglaze blue pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.D.12, where dated 1753-56
Collection
Accession number
C.1251-1924

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Record createdJune 9, 2009
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