Mug

Mug
Hard paste porcelain
Maker: Christopher Potter
c. 1790-1795

Status

Not on view

Label Text

Family tradition maintains that this elegantly painted and gilt two pint mug was “used daily at Mt. Vernon by Gen. Washington from which he drank milk morning & evening & Cider at Midday meal”.

Date1790-1802

Maker Potter and Blancheron Factory (French, 1790 - 1802)

Geography Made - France

Medium/TechniquePorcelain, enamel, gilt

DimensionsOverall (H x W x D): 4 3/4 in. x 5 3/4 in. x 4 1/16 in. (12.07 cm x 14.61 cm x 10.32 cm)

Credit LineGift of John Pierpont Morgan, 1910

Object numberW-657

DescriptionCylindrical porcelain mug with an ear-shaped handle on a shallow foot ring. Overglaze, polychrome enamel and gilded decoration features a yellow band painted below a gold chevron border and above two undulating floral garlands. Sprigs of cornflowers and leaves are scattered between the floral borders across the body. Rim, foot, and edges of handle picked out in gold. The handle has a leafy projection at top and a scrolled lower terminal.
Published ReferencesSusan Gray Detweiler, George Washington's Chinaware (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1982), 145.

MarkingsHandwritten in red overglaze enamel on exterior bottom of vessel: “B”/“Pott”.

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