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Mug, pale cream-coloured earthenware with a soft yellow tinge to the glaze, slightly flaring foot-rim, cylindrical sides with engine-turned banding to the upper and lower body, grooved loop handle, the front of the exterior body ornamented with an applied medallion portrait of the head and shoulders of a male figure, to either side of the medallion are applied festooned ribbons bearing the embossed inscription "ADMIRAL RODNEY"; the exterior sides covered with a ground of orange slip between the engine-turned banding, the applied ornament overpainted with a wash of green enamel. The foot-rim chipped, several small cracks to the lower body, slight chipping to the lip-rim.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35859
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 18th century (late)
Acquisition
Purchase, 1902
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.8
diam
(cm): 6.9
Width
(cm): 10.2
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 2
Width
(in): 4
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
slip-decorated
decoration
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
engine-turned
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
creamware
slip
enamel
glaze
Location
In store
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