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KC1966-560
Mug
KC1966-560

Mug

Date1760-1770
MediumTin-glazed earthenware (delft)
DimensionsOH: 5 15/16" Diam: 3 3/4" Diam.+handleL 5 3/8
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1966-373
DescriptionCylindrical mug with sunken base, strap loop handle with coil at lower terminal. Bluish tin glaze decorated in blue with chinoiserie landscape including buildings, rockwork, and trees, all framed by scrolls with occasional leaves and flowers.
Label TextSeveral delft mugs in this and similar patterns have survived. One privately owned example was pinched by the potter at the lip opposite the handle while the clay was still soft, transforming it from a mug into a jug. A mug in a private collection and featuring very similar decoration, including the unusual use of scrollwork, is dated 1767.
InscribedNo
MarkingsNo
Provenancetilley & Co., London
DS1989-0342
1696 (dated)
DS1983-422
1729 (dated)
KC1967-745
1731 (dated)
1989-61, Tile Picture
ca. 1725
DS1989-0675
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C1977-816
ca. 1760
KC1058
1748 (dated)
DS1990-0497
1786 (dated)