Mug
ca. 1782-92 (made)
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Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and with a ribbed handle. On the front is an oval panel with a formal gilt border painted with an allegorical figure seated in a landscape playing a harp and pipes, representing Poetry. Festoons of gilt foliage hang from the rim.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Cylindrical mug of soft-paste porcelain made at the Caughley porcelain factory, Shropshire, ca. 1782-92. Possibly decorated there or in London, the enamelling attributed to Joshua Cristall |
| Physical description | Mug of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Cylindrical in shape and with a ribbed handle. On the front is an oval panel with a formal gilt border painted with an allegorical figure seated in a landscape playing a harp and pipes, representing Poetry. Festoons of gilt foliage hang from the rim. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Poetry is after a painting by Angelica Kauffmann, of which an engraving by F. Bartolozzi was published in 1781. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Chris Brown. Joshua Cristall - China Painter, English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Volume 21, 2010, pp. 39-48. See fig. 11 for another Caughley mug enamelled with Mrs. Crouch in The Tempest, painted in a similar style and palette. |
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| Accession number | C.456-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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