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On Display: House - Shipley Room
Mug (Tankard)
Benjamin Kishere
1783-1800
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Benjamin Kishere (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Mortlake, London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
- Silver
Museum Object Number
1975.0113
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Claneil Foundation
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Complete Details
Object Number
1975.0113
Object Name
Mug (Tankard)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Benjamin Kishere (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Mortlake, London; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1783-1800
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Silver rim
Inscription: Touchmark "JH" on silver rim
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
- Silver
Techniques
- Thrown
- Sprig-molded
- Dipped
Dimensions (inches)
6.87 (H) x 6 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
17.46 (H) x 15.24 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Oswald, Adrian, et al. 1982 English Brown Stoneware 1670-1900.
• Maker and similar mug: pp. 58-61, fig. 25, Mortlake, probably Kishere factory, c. 1800Article: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2004 A-Hunting We WIll Go! from Vauxhall to Lambeth, 1700-1956. Ceramics in America. 179-245.
• Article on hunt mug reliefs: entire article. Mortlake, c. 1800 mug with similar drinking scene (fig. 3c)Article: Harvey, Karen. 2008 "Barbarity in a Teacup? Punch, Domesticity and Gender in the Eighteenth Century". Journal of Design History. 21 (3): 205-221.
• Article on punch dringking and related scenes in print and on ceramics.