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On Display: House - Hardenbergh Parlor
Mug
1758
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0920
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0920
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1758
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Practise inscriptions: "William/Dason", "Wil", "W"
Type: Inscription
Location: Exterior wall
Inscription: "William/ Dawson/ 1758"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Incised
- Scratch-blue
- Rouletted
- Extruded
Dimensions (inches)
5.4 (H) x 6.4 (L) x 4.9 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
13.7 (H) x 16.2 (L) x 12.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Mountford, Arnold R. 1971 The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-Glazed Stoneware.
• Similar vessel: pl. 165Catalogue: Bonhams (auction catalogue).
• "P:B/1763" inscribed floral scratch-blue mug of somewhat similar form: April 23, 2008, lot 17.Book: Rackham, Bernard. 1930 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Ceramics Catalogue of English Porcelain, Earthenware, Enamels, and Glass collected by Charles Schreiber Esq., MP, and Lady Charlotte Elizabeth Schreiber and Presented to the Museum in 1884. 2.
• "IH/1752" inscribed floral scratch-blue mug of somewhat similar form: vol. 2, pl, 14, no. 82.Article: Edwards, Diana, et al. 1988 "Generations of Trash: Ceramics from the Hart-Shortridge House, 1760-1800, Portsmouth, New Hampshire,". American Ceramic Circle Journal. VI: 29-51.
• Scratch-blue large cylindrical mug excavated Hart-Shortridge House, Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire: p. 35, fig. 4, privy filled c. 1770 when house owned by John Hart.