Not on display

Mug

1720 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Seals impressed 'W.G.S. 1720'

Object details

Categories
Glass
Drinking
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Bottle glass, with trailing and impressed seals
Glass
Brief description
Glass Mug, England, 1720
Physical description
Seals impressed 'W.G.S. 1720'
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.8cm
Style
Britain
Marks and inscriptions
'W.G.S. 1720' (decoration)
Gallery label
There seem to be no black bottles with this seal. A globular bottle glass tankard excavated in Bedfordshire and now at the Fitzwilliam Museum seems similar enough to suggest a South Eastern bottle house for these mugs.
Credit line
Given by C. Rees-Price, Esq. and Mrs Jeanie H. R. Price.
Other number
9156 - Glass gallery number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.581-1925

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Record createdDecember 13, 1997
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O5311/mug-unknown/
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