Mug

1937 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with a whitish slip and painted with underglazed black, blue and turquoise, green and red enamels. Squat mug on a low foot ring with straight, slightly tapering sides, thick handle of semi-circular section. Floral paintings in Iznik style on a turquoise ground.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Lead-glazed red earthenware covered with slip and painted with underglazed enamels
Brief description
Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with slip and painted with underglazed enamels, Palestine, 1937.
Physical description
Mug of lead-glazed red earthenware covered with a whitish slip and painted with underglazed black, blue and turquoise, green and red enamels. Squat mug on a low foot ring with straight, slightly tapering sides, thick handle of semi-circular section. Floral paintings in Iznik style on a turquoise ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
Gallery label
(pre-2005)
Mug
Fritware with underglaze painting
JERUSALEM; c. 1940 AD
C.124-1978

A pottery was set up in Jerusalem in the first half of this century to make souvenir wares in Iznik style. The potters came from Kutahya in Turkey where similar copies were also made.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.124-1978

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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