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Mug
Mug, grey stoneware, standing on a spreading foot, integral to the body with rounded foot rim; globular body rising from the tapered foot, cordoned at junction of neck and body; cylindrical, slightly waisted neck, rounded lip rim; loop handle with raised v-shaped ridge at lower terminal; the whole covered in a rich dark brown wash with a heavy salt-glaze giving a distinctive mottled appearance, the glaze pooled near the handle and yellowy-green in colour; applied to the body with a medallion, in the centre an asymmetrical foliate deviceamidst scattered sprigging, surrounded by a circle of raised dots within an outer raised circle, the base with a clear yellowish glaze.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35690
Acquisition
Purchase, 1903
Measurements
Height
(cm): 14.5
diam
(cm): 11.1
Length
(cm): 12.1
Height
(in): 5
diam
(in): 4
Length
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
moulded
forming
Applied Art
salt-glaze
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
incised
decoration
Applied Art
stamped
decoration
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
Material
salt-glazed stoneware
Location
In store
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