mug

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Object Type
Museum number: 1938,0314.64.CR
Description: Mug; porcelain; painted in the centre with a man (possibly a cleric) in a long blue coat, his left hand outstretched above the dated inscription KIRKHAM 1787; either side are the initials WC and, below, MD painted in black in a cursive script; either side of the handle is a flower spray painted in colours; grooved strap handle; slightly buish glaze.
Producer name
Production date: 1787
Production place: Factory in: Liverpool
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 5.40 inches (Check)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Numerous tears to paste inside mug. Possibly for communal use. William Clayton of Kirkham, Gentleman and Doctor of Physick, is referred to in documents dating between 1766 and 1794 in Liverpool Record Office (Hillis 2011, p. 510).
Bibliographic references: Watney 1997 / Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century (Fig.444 on p.111); Hillis 2011 / Liverpool Porcelain 1756-1804 (p. 393, ill. 9.41 and p. 519, ill. 13.39)
Location: Not on display
Condition: Base crazed.
Subjects: christian cleric; flower
Associated names
Associated places: Named in inscription: Kirkham (Yorkshire)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1938
Acquisition notes: Wallace Elliot label no.578 on base.
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1938,0314.64.CR

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