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On Display: House - Powel Room Alcove
Mug
1795-1810
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (dipped ware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1970.0068
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Henry Francis du Pont Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1970.0068
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1795-1810
Materials
- Earthenware (dipped ware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Engine-turned
- Molded
- Painted
- Slip decorated
- Rouletted (coggled)
- Trailed
Dimensions (inches)
5.75 (H) x 6.12 (L) x 4.5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
14.605 (H) x 15.545 (L) x 11.43 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diam. measurement is of body. Length includes handle.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Grigsby, Leslie B. 01//2009 Mocha and Dipped. mispelled Dripped: Wares: Combining Fashion and Fancy. Antiques and Fine Art. 286-87.
• Published: p. 287, fig. 4 rightBook: Rickard, Jonathan. 2006 Mocha and Related Dipped Wares, 1770-1939.
• Engine-turning process: pp. 35-42, and fig. 53 for mugs of somewhat similar form, c. 1800Article: Carpentier, Donald & Rickard, Jonathan. 2001 "Slip Decoration in the Age of Industrialization". Ceramics in America. (2001): 115-134.
• Engine-turning lathe cutting geometric pattern in mug: p. 118, figs. 4-5, showing process.Article: Rickard, Jonathan & Carpentier, Donald. 2004 "The Little Engine that Could: Adaptation of the Engine-Turning Lathe in the Pottery Industry". Ceramics in America. 78-99.
• Engine-turning, rouletting and history for dipped and other English ceramics: whole article.Manuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Engine-turned inlaid mug (different pattern) excavated Hart-Shortridge House Cellar, Strawbery Banke, NH: p. 111, no. 219 (A-0060 DS2.8B.F1), Late 18th C. to c. 1840 context.