mug
Summary
Cylindrical mug, cream coloured earthenware, with turned ribbed border above everted foot and plain loop handle with leaf-moulded terminals. Body decorated with slip-coated and inlaid pattern comprising arrangement of squares, rectangles and narrow bands in dark brown, enclosed within pale blue bands of slip above foot and beneath rim. Finely crazed pearlware (translucent cobalt) glaze.
Display Label
Pattern Patterns come in many different guises, from the simple stripe to the flourishing flower. Whether abstract or natural, simple or complicated, patterns can elevate the ordinary and functional into an object of beauty and delight. Some patterns are chosen to exaggerate the shape, to flow with the curves or sharpen the edges, to slim the body or fatten it up, to create optical effects, making you look twice. Others are chosen to show off the material, emphasising its possibilities and individual qualities. But patterns also embody the maker's own interests, from nature and music to history and religion. The pots in our cupboards, the vases on our shelves, the clothes on our backs, the shoes on our feet are all everyday objects in everybody's lives. They each provide a surface for pattern, constantly changing with time and tastes of the day.
Object Name
mug
Date Created
1790-1820
accession number
1982.682
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
On Display
[G19] Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery 19 (Design Gallery)
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