Barrel-form Mug
Dateca. 1780
MediumWhite salt-glazed stoneware
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.
ca. 1786-1810
ca. 1780
1745-1770
1688 (dated)
1754 (dated)
ca. 1750
1750-1770
1760-1780
1803 (dated)
1689-1702
ca. 1820