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Bacchanalian dance
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Title
Bacchanalian dance.
Production
Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, ca. 1847.
Physical Description
1 mug : relief-molded white and blue stoneware ; height 18 cm (including handles), width 21 cm (including handles), depth 14 cm
Notes
The bottom of the base is illustrated with a medallion enclosing two classical heads, surrounded by text (on inner band) "Arts and commerce promoted" and (on outer band) "The Society of Arts' medal presented to Charles Meigh for the best model of a mug ornamented in relief." Printed in brown ink. The Society of Arts medal was presented in 1847.
Title from Hughes.
Summary
The mug is decorated with figures of reveling bacchanals, with two loop handles in the form of a vine stems. The decorations are based on "Bacchanalian Revel before a Herm [or Term] of Pan" by Nicholas Poussin and "Drunken Silenus" by Peter Paul Rubens.
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 09, 2024
References
Hughes, Kathy. Collector's guide to nineteenth-century jugs, v. 1, no. 48a-b
Henrywood, R. K. Relief-moulded jugs, 1820-1900, pages 110-113
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Mugs (cups)
Stoneware (pottery)
Ceramic (material)
Molding (forming)
Glazed ceramic ware (visual works)
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