Stoneware mug, by the Elers Brothers

An image of Mug. Elers Brothers (Dutch, in England, 17th Century). Staffordshire Pottery. Cylindrical with two horizontal mouldings dividing the sides into two zones in each of which is a chrysanthemum spray, flanked on the upper zone by two snails, and on the lower by one snail and a small dancing man, known as a 'Merry Andrew'. The narrow area above the upper rib is undecorated. On one side the mug has a loop handle. Red dry-bodied stoneware, slip-cast, turned and decorated with mould-applied reliefs (sprigs), height 10.1 cm, 1695.

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Mug. Elers Brothers (Dutch, in England, 17th Century). Staffordshire Pottery. Cylindrical with two horizontal mouldings dividing the sides into two zones in each of which is a chrysanthemum spray, flanked on the upper zone by two snails, and on the lower by one snail and a small dancing man, known as a 'Merry Andrew'. The narrow area above the upper rib is undecorated. On one side the mug has a loop handle. Red dry-bodied stoneware, slip-cast, turned and decorated with mould-applied reliefs (sprigs), height 10.1 cm, 1695.

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Accession Number: C.454-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 885 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 493.69kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2013:09:03 12:25:11

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18th Century chrysanthemum David Elers drinking vessel Dutch Elers Brothers English Fitz_AA floral flowers glazed John Philip Elers mugs pottery slip cast slipware snails sprig sprigs stoneware tableware tankard turned unglazed vessel

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