Mug
Thomas Whieldon (1719 - 1795)
Category
Ceramics
Date
1760 - 1770
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
88 mm (Height) x 100 mm (Width) x 75 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Benthall Hall, Shropshire
NT 509549
Summary
Black-glazed red earthenware mug, cylindrical body with everted rim, scroll handle with pinched terminal and raised on foot ring. Moulded in relief with trailing vine picked out in cold gilding. Inscribed - XXIII (paper label pasted on underside). Cups of this shape were for morning tea. Made circa 1760 - 1770.
Provenance
Made by Thomas Whieldon in Staffordshire circa 1760 - 1770. Included on page 2 of the Inventory of Items On Loan To The National Trust For Benthall Hall dated 1st October 1963. Owned by Sir Arthur Paul Benthall (1902 – 1992). Bequeathed to the National Trust in the will of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall dated 28th July 1983. Accepted for ownership by the National Trust in 1993 following the death of Sir Arthur Paul Benthall in 1992.
Marks and inscriptions
Label pasted on underside: "XXIII" (paper label)
Makers and roles
Thomas Whieldon (1719 - 1795), maker