Mug

Mug

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Mug
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Mug
Datec. 1750–1765
Made inEngland
MediumSalt-glazed stoneware with enamel
Dimensions5 × 5 × 4 3/4 in. (12.7 × 12.7 × 12.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.63.133
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Kilroy Center
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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionGerman and Dutch potters introduced the technique of making salt-glazed stoneware to England in the seventeenth century. Durable and hygienic, salt-glazed stoneware gained great popularity in the eighteenth century, eventually surpassing that of delftware. While English potters made salt-glazed stoneware with various body colors and decorated it with colored slips and enamels, much was white with molded decoration and sometimes with elaborate piercings.
Provenance[D. M. & P. Manheim, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, October 15, 1963; given to MFAH, by 1966.

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