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Mug
"WERTER GOING TO SHOOT HIMSEL" (sic)
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, G. Brammer
1805-1820
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Design inspiration)
Place of Origin
Probably Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (yellow or canary ware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
2017.0012.017
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Doris and Stanley Tananbaum
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Object Number
2017.0012.017
Object Name
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
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Below oval scene
Inscription: Printed poem title "WERTER GOING to SHOOT HIMSEL" (sic)
Type: Inscription
Location: Below oval scene
Inscription: 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".
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- 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) x 5.71 (L) x 4.09 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
15.8 (H) x 14.5 (L) x 10.4 (Diam)