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Mug
Mug, bone china with a blue-green tinged translucency; standing on a rounded foot rim, indented and ridged above, cylindrical form, and loop handle with leaf moulding; painted on the front with the inscription 'HARRIET ELLEN SIMS / BORN 16TH NOVR / 1839', in gilt, flanked by two polychrome, loosely arranged flower sprays; gilt band to foot rim, gilt lip, and gilt decoration to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 34156
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1839
Acquisition
Bequest, 10/12/1953
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8.2
diam
(cm): 8.6
l(cm) handle to lip:11.6
l(cm)
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
l(in) handle to lip:4 9/16
l(in)
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
turned
forming
Applied Art
slip-cast
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
bone china
enamel
gilding
Location
In store
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