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Mug (Cup)
Minton factory
1875-1885
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Minton factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware
Museum Object Number
2021.0019.008
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Hyman Myers & Sandra Kittner Myers
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Object Number
2021.0019.008
Object Name
Mug (Cup)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Minton factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Stoke-On-Trent; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1875-1885
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Impressed "MINT[...]"
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Raised diamond registry mark (illegible)
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Earthenware
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
5.75 (H) x 4.72 (L) x 4.173 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.6 (H) x 12 (L) x 10.6 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Published: Included under pattern name “Floating Cartouches and Flowers #03"" and pattern number 20271. Maker listed as Mintons, 1873-1950, Staffordshire. Makers mark text-impressed 84918; diamond registry 84920; text-impressed 84940.Electronic: Tea caddy in the form of a tea bundle. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 12/06/2024 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/770990
• Bone china tea bundle-shape "tea caddy" in same pattern, without circular gold motifs: Minton(s), 1878. Impressed on underside: [1] MINTONS; [2] 7171; [3] Date symbol of equilateral triangle; [4] other indistinct marks. No.: 2018.62.55a, b