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Mug
Mug, earthenware, inset base within a flattened-off foot-rim, cylindrical sides, loop handle with raised foliate moulding at the shoulder and foliate moulding radiating out around the lower terminal; the exterior of the mug covered with a pale buff-coloured glaze, this then covered with silver lustre and resist decorated, so that the buff ground beneath is revealed, with to either side of the body a bird perched on a branch, a foliate spray to the front of the body, around the upper body a plaited wave border enclosing leaf forms, brown bands around the lower body, a silver lustre band around the interior lip-rim, a worn pattern of stylized leaves to the handle.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35225
Creation/Production
Unknown
Date: 1810-1830
Acquisition
Bequest, 4/2/1942
Measurements
Height
(cm): 9.1
diam
(cm): 9.3
Width
(cm): 13
Height
(in): 3
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
lustre, silver
decoration
Applied Art
wax-resist
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
earthenware
glaze
Location
In store
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