Mug
CultureEnglish
Dateca. 1700-1710
MediumStoneware with salt glaze
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 inches (11.11 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Burnap
Object number41-23/620
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On viewGallery Location
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Exhibition HistoryExhibition of Early English Earthenware, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1914, no. 75.
This double-walled mug with pierced decorations in the outer wall is an example of carved stoneware from Nottingham.
Both stoneware, a non-porous clay body fired at a high temperature, and the use of salt to create a glaze originated in Germany, the dominant production center of coarse stoneware until the 17th century. The technique then spread to other countries including England where potters such as John Dwight discovered the secret of German salt-glazed stoneware. The process of spiraling together the soft brown and cream clays of the Covered Tankard was developed by Dwight to emulate marble. He eventually patented his techniques; his process for marbling clay is registered in a 1684 patent.
Both stoneware, a non-porous clay body fired at a high temperature, and the use of salt to create a glaze originated in Germany, the dominant production center of coarse stoneware until the 17th century. The technique then spread to other countries including England where potters such as John Dwight discovered the secret of German salt-glazed stoneware. The process of spiraling together the soft brown and cream clays of the Covered Tankard was developed by Dwight to emulate marble. He eventually patented his techniques; his process for marbling clay is registered in a 1684 patent.
Mr. Frank P. (1861-1957) and Mrs. Harriet C. (1866-1947) Burnap, Kansas City, MO by 1941;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1941.
Exhibition of Early English Earthenware, exh. cat.(London: Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1914), unpaginated (repro.).
D. Barrett Tanner, “Burnap Collection of English Pottery, Part II, the Early Wares,” The Magazine Antiques vol. 49 (March 1946): 173, (repro.).
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