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Mug
Tall cylindrical mug, recessed base, C-scroll handle with feathered thumbpiece and scroll moulding; the front painted in sepia with an oval reserve of a bard, half-length, head to left, white hair and beard blowing in the wind, a harp on his shoulder to right, framed in two gilt lines a band of linked dotted ovals between, horizontal line at base and lip, gilt spray of flowers and foliage on each side, one with butterfly above, handle mouldings also gilded.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30118
Acquisition
Gift, 9/2/1951
Given by Wyndham D. Clark
Measurements
Height
(cm): 15.5
Depth
(cm): 11.3
Length
(cm): 16.5
Height
(in): 6
Depth
(in): 4
Length
(in): 6
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
pearlware
Location
Gallery 07A South
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