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Mug: C.1192-1928

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Production: Dwight Pottery (Possibly)
Pottery proprietor: Dwight, Lydia
Pottery proprietor: Dwight, Samuel
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery (Possibly)

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Description

White salt-glazed stoneware with a splash of brown slip on the handle and a silver mount

Creamy-white salt-glazed stoneware, thrown and turned, with an applied handle , and silver mount. The mug is cylindrical with slightly sloping sides, and two raised turned bands above the lower edge. The handle has central vertical depression, and two notches at the lower end made by pressing the handle into the body. The top is decorated with a splash of brown dip, and there is also brown dip round the upper edge under the wide silver mount which has an engraved crest on the front, and a scalloped lower edge pierced by small heart-shapes.

Notes

History note: Dr Sidebotham Collection; Mr Sheldon, St Paul's Road, Manchester, from whom purchased with nine other items for £100 on 12 May 1925 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 10.1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Fulham ⪼ Middlesex ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Early#
Queen Anne
George I
Circa 1710 CE - 1720 CE

Note

The notches at the lower end of the handle probably indicate that this was made at the factory founded by John Dwight at Fulham, and after his death run successively by his widow, Lydia, between 1703 and 1709, or by his son, Dr Samuel Dwight between 1709 and 1737. However, it has also been attributed to Staffordshire, see Documentation.

Components of the work

Body composed of stoneware ( creamy-white)
Decoration composed of slip ( iron-bearing slip)
Mount composed of silver
Rim And Handle

Techniques used in production

Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: MI
  • Location: On silver mount
  • Method of creation: Struck
  • Type: Maker's mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1192-1928
Primary reference Number: 71499
Old object number: 1947
Old object number: 4594
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 July 2019 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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