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On Display: House - Shipley Room
Mug
1749
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1961.0065
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Complete Details
Object Number
1961.0065
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1749
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Opposite handle
Inscription: Inscribed in script, "John Watkins/ 1749"
Type: Inscription
Location: To left of handle below rim
Inscription: Impressed oval containing crown/ "GR" cipher
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Dipped
- Pulled
- Incised
- Stamped
Dimensions (inches)
5.1 (H) x 5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.954 (H) x 12.7 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diameter measurement includes handle. Diameter of body 4.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Somewhat similar mugs and kiln fuurniture from William Rogers Pottery, Yorktown VA: pp. 148-9, figs. VII.4 (Swan Tavern mug in sagger) and VII.6a-b, "WR" stamped mug, from nearby site.