Barrel-form Mug
Dateca. 1780
MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware with blue
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 x 2 3/16 x 3 1/16in. (5.4 x 5.6 x 7.8cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase, Wesley and Elise H. Wright in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clay Hofheimer II and in honor of John C. Austin
Object number2006-55
DescriptionSmall barrel-form mug or tankard with strap handle, incised and painted with stylized floral spray in cobalt blue. The blue misfired to greenish black. This type of decoration is referred to by modern scholars as debased scratch blue.
