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Mug
1760-1785
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1977.0098
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Mayer
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Object Number
1977.0098
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Burslem; Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1760-1785
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front of mug
Inscription: Molded: "GR"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Scratch-blue
- Incised
Dimensions (inches)
3.81 (H) x 4.25 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
9.68 (H) x 10.795 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Diameter includes handle. Diameter of body is: 3.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Similar examples and archeological evidence: p. 50, pl. no. 168.Book: Edwards, Diana & Hampson, Rodney. 2005 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles.
• Two examples of Staffordshire white salt-glazed stoneware Westerwald-type mugs: fig.126, p. 164Book: Gaimster, David. 1997 German Stoneware 1200-1900: Archaeology and Cultural History.
• Similarly inspired mugs with different crowned "GR" seals: pp. 322-23, no. 179, c. 1770-80, Burslem, Staffordshire, noting Williamsburg collection example with 1786+ Great Seal instead of "GR."Book: Gaimster, David. 1997 German Stoneware 1200-1900: Archaeology and Cultural History.
• Similarly inspired mug with different crowned "GR" seal: pp. 323-24, no. 180, center, with no caption.Book: Henrywood, R. K. 1997 An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs.
• Jug in similar style with "GR" seal and scratch blue decoration: p. 16, pl. 23Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• Jug, mugs, and chamberpots with similar style relief and scratch-blue ornament: pp. 208-9, figs. IX.37-39; the chamberpots excavated at Wetherburn's Tavern Williamsburg VA & also Alexandria VAManuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Pseudo scratch-blue mug with "GR" seal excavated Deer Tavern privy site, Strawbery Banke, NH: p. 101, no. 176 (A-1024 DS5.5.F110), 1750-65 context. (Misattributed to Germany)