Cup - "THOUGH NERE SO DEEP - YOU'L IN ME PEEP"

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 Ceramics

Sub-classification

English Earthenware - Slipware

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Status

On view