Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Genre Scenes

Date: 1786-1805

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 3.50 in (8.90 cm)
  • Height: 4.72 in (12.00 cm)
  • Length: 5.08 in (12.90 cm)

Maker: Unknown

Engraver: Richard Abbey

Engraver's Mark:

Printed

Description:

Creamware mug printed in black with Toby Fillpot. The copper-plate is signed by Richard Abbey as engraver. By 1781 Abbey had moved from Liverpool to Glasgow, where the birth of his daughter in that year is recorded in the register of St Andrew's by the Green. It describes him as "Richard Abbey painter at the Delfthouse an Englishman." Engravings by Abbey may therefore be expected on Scottish creamware. He is said to have spent time in France before returning to Liverpool in the 1790s. Printers' signatures indicate that he supplied engraved copper-plates to Liverpool and Staffordshire pottery printers.   

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