Date:1830 - 1833 (c.)
Description:Earthenware jug with Mocha decoration.Rim diameter 70mm.This type of decoration is named after mocha stone, a type of agate with delicate tree-like markings. A wide band of coloured slip was laid on the pot. This was then touched by a brush which had been dipped into an acidic solution or 'tea', which spread into a fern-like pattern. A mid-19th century recipe for 'tea' states that the potter should use 'a saturated infusion of tobacco in stale urine and turpentine'.
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Earthenware jug with Mocha decoration.Rim diameter 70mm.This type of decoration is named after mocha ...
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Donor ref:1999.K4.fms.1 (159/20709)
Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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