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

Mug

ca. 1780-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug with footring, above which the sides are indented swelling out to a baluster shape. The handle is ear-shaped and has a central ridge. The body is in greyish soft-paste porcelain and two sides are decorated with a bouquet of flowers in enamel colours. The rim is decorated with brown enamel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels
Brief description
Mug, soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels, Baddeley-Littler porcelain factory, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1780-1784
Physical description
Mug with footring, above which the sides are indented swelling out to a baluster shape. The handle is ear-shaped and has a central ridge. The body is in greyish soft-paste porcelain and two sides are decorated with a bouquet of flowers in enamel colours. The rim is decorated with brown enamel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.0cm
Credit line
Given by Dr E. Danos in memory of Julius Adler
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.25-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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