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Mug
Vicar and Moses
John Aynsley factory
1785-1805
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
John Aynsley factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2011.0018
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of John A. and Judith C. Herdeg
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Object Number
2011.0018
Object Name
Mug
Title
Vicar and Moses
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
John Aynsley factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1785-1805
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Circular paper tag with sepia-toned printing with the printed inscription "John-Judith Herdeg" and the blue ink inscription "CC/ 125" and a sepia-printed vine and bird motif.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Small rectangular fabric tape affixed to the underside.
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Small rectangular paper tag with the black ink handwritten inscription "C 39".
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Religious imagery
- Religion associated
- Satire
- Caricature
Materials
- Earthenware (creamware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
3.74 (H) x 4.055 (L) x 2.913 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.5 (H) x 10.3 (L) x 7.4 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Tharp, Lars. 1997 Hogarth's China: Hogarth's Paintings and Eighteenth-Century Ceramics.
• William Hogarth as possible inspiration for design: pp. 72-73, figs.58, Hogarth "The Four Times of Day: Night," May 1738 engraving; fig. 60, The Parson and his Clerk, polychrome pearlware, (misdated) c. 1760.Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Same(?) print on cylindrical creamware mug with rhyme: pp. 74-75, no. 175, with rhyme transcribed.Book: Drakard, David. 1992 Printed English Pottery. History and Humour in the reign of George III 1760-1820.
• Same(?) print with color enamel painted in on creamware jug with rhyme: pp. 74-75, no. 176, with rhyme transcribed. See no. 178 for different scene.Catalogue: Northeast Auctions, Portsmouth NH (auction catalogue).
• Very similar shape jug to 2009.0017 (lacking lid) with variation on the same Vicar and Moses scene: August 3, 2013 sale, lot 711, includes dedication to a Mr. Thompson.Book: Walford, Tom & Massey, Roger. Creamware and Pearlware Re-examined.
• Black-printed creamware mug portraying same scene, but differing in details, "The Parson's Pleasure" over rhyme: p. 68, fig. 9,