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On Display: House - Hardenbergh Parlor
Mug
1745-1770
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0934
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0934
Object Name
Mug
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Staffordshire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1745-1770
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Square yellowed adhesive label with inscription in blue ink, "SALT GLAZE/ CIRCA/ 1750./ #3388"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Oval adhesive label with "13" handwritten in pencil.
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Stoneware (salt-glazed)
- Salt glaze
Techniques
- Scratch-blue
- Incised
- Thrown
Dimensions (inches)
4.93 (H) x 4.62 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.54 (H) x 11.75 (W)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
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.