Description:
English pearlware straight-sided, small mug with applied strap handle with molded leaf terminals, decorated with bands of brown and orange slip with "mocha" or dendritic patterns on the orange slip, also known as mocha, banded, or dipped/dipt ware. These ceramics were very common and cheap forms used in kitchens and taverns all over America in the late 18th and early 19th century. This type of dendritic decoration was achieved by placing a drop of mocha tea (stale urine, tobacco spit) on the slip surface. The tree-like patterns appear immediately.
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