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Jug (Pitcher)
Mason's factory
1830-1848
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Mason's factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Ironstone
Museum Object Number
2023.0008.025
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Barbara P. Katz
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Object Number
2023.0008.025
Object Name
Jug (Pitcher)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Mason's factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1830-1848
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Purple transfer-printed "MASON'S" over crown over draped banner inscrbed "PATENT IRONSTONE / CHINA"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Ironstone
Techniques
- Molded
- Printed
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
6.5 (H) x 3.9 (W) x 5.9 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
16.4 (H) x 10 (W) x 15 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1980 Godden's Guide to Mason's China and the Ironstone Wares.
• Guite similar jug "of unusual shape and pattern": p. 189, pl. 238, Mason's Ironstone. Printed crowned name mark, c. 1840-45Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1999 Godden's Guide to Ironstone Stone & Granite Wares.
• Mark: p. 99, this general type of mark identified as 1840s.Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 1999 Godden's Guide to Ironstone Stone & Granite Wares.
• Ashworth factory dinner wares with central reserve perhaps copying Mason's, with American merchant mark for Richard Briggs of Boston. c. 1880-90