Artefact
Artefact
Credit Line
Museum purchase, collection of Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1965.46, K1030
Public Access Text
Apart from the Dwight pottery there were other potteries making brown glaze saltware in London. The relief moulded mug shows William Hogarth’s (1697-1764) ‘Midnight Modern Conversation’, a very popular subject found on mugs and jugs of this type. It has a stamped inscription for ‘Richard Turner’ of the ‘Three Sugar Loaves’ in Rickmansworth.
Primary Maker
Place
Date
Circa 1730
Technique
Period
Signature/marks
inscription 'Richd / Three: Sugar / Rickmansworth Herts / Turner / Loaves'
Media
Measurement Description
height 200 x diameter 135 mm
Measurement Reading
Classification
Last Update
11 Jun 2021
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