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Maker(s):unknown
Culture:English
Title:mug
Date Made:late 19th century
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed, refined white earthenware (whiteware); overglaze polychrome enamels
Place Made:Great Britain: Staffordshire
Measurements:Overall: 5 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 in; 13.7 x 17.1 x 13.7 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2022.19.1
Credit Line:Gift of Anne K. Groves
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Heavily molded mug with molded, orange/ocher-enameled frog positioned on interior side wall and attached molded twig handle, mug has a flared shape, molded on exterior with a scene of three men drinking likely at a tavern. The liquid inside the mug would make a gurling sound when it passed through the frog’s body. This example is not titled but others are called “Brew’d a peck o’ malt.”

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location)

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