Object Number 2023.0008.014

Object Name

Mug

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Barbara P. Katz

Place of Origin

Possibly Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1840-1880

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Opposite handle; Applied crowned cartouche with sunken letters "IMPERIAL / SHAPE [or QUART?]"
2. Label; Underside; Circular white sticker with blue pen written "82"

Materials

Earthenware (mochaware); Lead glaze

Techniques

Thrown, Sprig-molded, Molded, Slip decorated

Dimensions (inches)

5 (H) , 5.1 (L) , 3.6 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

12.6 (H) , 13 (L) , 9.1 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Quart measuring jug sharing several design features: p. xiv, fig. 3, somewhat similarly-bordered mochaware jug with sandblasted excise mark including "Quart," "VR" and "71," the 71 referencing the Newcastle-upon-Tyne district and the VR, Queen Victoria. Perhaps by CT Maling & Sons, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (active 1817-1963).
[Book] Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Differently detailed mocha half-pint mug with variant of applied "IMPERIAL" cartouche: p. 57, fig. 80, probably Folly Pottery, Heathfield, Bovey Tracey, Devon. C. 1870