Commemorative Mug
1800-1850 / Ceramic / Commemorative / Crockery / Sculpture / Wesleyana
Printed ceramic
c.1839
This commemorative Wesley mug celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of the first Wesleyan Methodist society founded in 1739. The mug was decorated in 'lustreware', a type of pottery or porcelain with a metallic glaze.
Lustreware is produced by metallic oxides in an overglaze finish; the technique is an ancient one, much used in middle eastern pottery.
Compare also to the commemorative lusterware jug in the online Collection, which features the same decoration.
c.1839
This commemorative Wesley mug celebrates the one-hundredth anniversary of the first Wesleyan Methodist society founded in 1739. The mug was decorated in 'lustreware', a type of pottery or porcelain with a metallic glaze.
Lustreware is produced by metallic oxides in an overglaze finish; the technique is an ancient one, much used in middle eastern pottery.
Compare also to the commemorative lusterware jug in the online Collection, which features the same decoration.
