Cup - "THOUGH NERE SO DEEP - YOU'L IN ME PEEP"
Artist
George Ward
(English)
CultureEnglish
OriginStaffordshire, England
Date1700
MediumEarthenware, slip, and lead glaze.
DimensionsOverall: 18.8 x 31.5 x 22.3 cm (7 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 8 3/4 in.)
MarkingsInitials "GW", probably for George Ward
Slip decoration consists of an inscription below the rim, "THOUGH NERE SO DEEP YOUL IN ME PEEP"
DescriptionA Posset Pot, a two handled bowl of inverted bell shape. It is pale reddish earthenware covered in white slip with decoration in dark brown, olive green and touches of white slip (liquid clay), with overall lead glaze. There is a horizontal bank of alternating daisy and tulip motifs, and below, vertical bars with wheels and four-leaf clovers.
Credit LineGift of Marian Bradshaw, in Memory of her father Major James E. Hahn
Object numberG89.5.1
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English Earthenware - SlipwareStatus
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c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1750
Object number: G83.1.779