Mug

  • Title:

    "WERTER GOING TO SHOOT HIMSEL" (sic)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Design inspiration)

    G. Brammer (Possible design inspiration)

  • Place of Origin:

    Probably Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

  • Date:

    1805-1820

  • Materials:

    Earthenware (yellow or canary ware); Lead glaze

  • Techniques:

    Thrown, Painted, Enameled, Printed

  • Museum Object Number:

    2017.0012.017


  • Complete Details



Object Number

2017.0012.017

Object Name

Mug

Title

"WERTER GOING TO SHOOT HIMSEL" (sic)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Doris and Stanley Tananbaum

Creator (Role)

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Design inspiration)
1749-1832

G. Brammer (Possible design inspiration)

Place of Origin

Probably Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1805-1820

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Below oval scene; Printed poem title "WERTER GOING to SHOOT HIMSEL" (sic)
2. Inscription; Below oval scene; Printed poem text "Frantic with love, with madne[s]s opprest / And reason no longer his guide: / 'Tis love and despair deprives him of rest / O Charlotte_! he call'd, and he dy'd".

Subjects

Literary scene; Literature; Werther; Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von

Materials

Earthenware (yellow or canary ware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Painted, Enameled, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

6.22 (H) , 5.71 (L) , 4.09 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

15.8 (H) , 14.5 (L) , 10.4 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
Jug portraying variation on same scene: p. 69, nos. 162-63, showing on one side similarly posed figure and desk without window in background, over "WERTER GOING TO SHOOT HIMSELF" without poem; side 2 portrays Charlotte in mourning. Prints signed G. Brammer, Shelton" who is listed in 1802 Staffordshire Pottery Directory.
[Catalogue] Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates (auction catalogue).
Black-printed creamware jug with variation on the Werther scene plus a view of Charlotte: June 18, 2016 sale, lot 838, side one scene titled "WERTER GOING to SHOOT HIMSELF" and side two, "CHARLOTTE WEEPING OVER / THE TOMB of WERTER." Both scenes surmounted by crossed pistols and printed by G. Brammer of Shelton. Inspired by the novel, "The Sorrows of Young Werther," by Goethe.