Description:
English pearlware mug with a handle, in blue, brown, green, and yellow, with the inscription commemorating "AMERICA INDEPENDENT 1776", made to be sold as a fifty year anniversary of American independence in 1826. This mug is a smaller version of the original mugs made about 1820 (see HD 1964 & 1964A for examples). The cylindrical mug has a blue-edged rim over a plain molded band; over a band of flowers in blue, yellow, and green; over the impressed inscription outlined by two molded bands; over grouping of three swirled, vertical blue bands ending in a blue band; over a molded flat base. The applied scrolled handle has pinched terminals and blue foliate decoration. Similar mugs were sold with the inscription for "Winchester Measure Warranted," c. 1825.
Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+76.019 |
