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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Mug

ca. 1846 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of porcelain, cylindrical with loop handle. Painted in enamel colours on the front with a view of Worcester Regatta in 1846. The ground is dark blue decorated with gilt diaper and rococo scrollwork, and the inscription 'E. R. Rowlands, No. 2.'


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Mug of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Grainger & Co., Worcester, ca. 1846
Physical description
Mug of porcelain, cylindrical with loop handle. Painted in enamel colours on the front with a view of Worcester Regatta in 1846. The ground is dark blue decorated with gilt diaper and rococo scrollwork, and the inscription 'E. R. Rowlands, No. 2.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Diameter: 9.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'E. R. Rowlands, No. 2'
  • 'George Grainger Royal China Works Worcester' (Maker's mark, painted in red)
  • 'Worcester Regatta 1846' (Painted in red)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English porcelain London: Faber & Faber, 1948, p. 193.
Collection
Accession number
3301-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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