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Mug (Cup)
1680-1720
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, buff-bodied)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.1077
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.1077
Object Name
Mug (Cup)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1680-1720
Materials
- Earthenware (slipware, buff-bodied)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Slip decorated
- Dotted
Dimensions (inches)
2.402 (H) x 3.819 (L) x 2.953 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
6.1 (H) x 9.7 (L) x 7.5 (Diam)
Measurement Notes
Length includes handle.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Barker, David & Crompton, Steve. Slipware in the Collection of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery.
• Same form with two rows of dots and an irregular line: p. 31, probably North Staffordshire, early 1700s.Book: Miller, J. Jefferson & Stone, Lyle M. 1970 Eighteenth-Century Ceramics from Fort Michilimackinac: A Study in Archaeology.
• Dotted slipware vessel fragments excavated at Fort Michilimackinac site, Michigan: p. 62, figs. 33c&a.Manuscript: Findlen, Suzanne Rae. "Taste and Choice in Early Portsmouth New Hampshire as Seen Through Ceramic Archaeological Evidence, 1700-1800" (MA thesis).
• Somewhat similar form dotware (2 rows) mug excavated Richard Hart House cellar, Strawbery Banke, New Hampshire: p. 170, no. 475 (A-0882 DS.7.F102), 1700-45 context