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19thc Spongeware Mug
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19thc Spongeware Mug

19th century
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A spongeware mug with simple trailing brown decoration, small hairline to inside.

Scottish. 19th century

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7cm (2.76")
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Martin Murray Antiques has dated this Antique Spongeware Ceramic Mug to the 19th Century.

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Description
A spongeware mug with simple trailing brown decoration, small hairline to inside.

Scottish. 19th century

Height
7cm (2.76")
Date of Manufacture

Martin Murray Antiques has dated this Antique Spongeware Ceramic Mug to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1179689
Dealers Internal Ref
mm91
Martin Murray Antiques
Martin Murray Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Dec 2024

Specialist in early furniture and works of art

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A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle.
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Archive I A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle.

19thc Spongeware Mug

Archive II A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle. View II
Archive III A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle. View III
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Martin Murray Antiques

Martin Murray Antiques
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Suffolk
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Martin Murray Antiques
Martin Murray Antiques
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A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle.
19thc spongeware mug
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A 19th-century cream earthenware mug featuring a brown geometric sponged border along the rim and a simple loop handle.
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  • ObjectMug
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian Country Pottery
  • MaterialEarthenware, Glaze
  • ColourCream, Brown
  • MotifsSponged border, Loop handle, Glaze crazing, Incised base bands
  • SizeH 7 cm (3 in)

This Victorian country pottery mug dates from the nineteenth century and originates from Scotland. The earthenware body carries a cream-coloured glaze with a brown geometric sponged border encircling the upper rim and matching incised bands circling the base. A simple loop handle extends from one side, and visible signs of age include fine glaze crazing across the surface and a small hairline crack extending to the inside. The vessel stands 7 cm high. Placed in a home today, it functions as a decorative item on a sideboard top, bringing a rustic farmhouse aesthetic to the interior space while offering a tangible connection to traditional domestic utility wares of the period. Collectors of antique kitchenalia and regional pottery will find the piece fits well into existing cabinet displays alongside other earthenware jugs and mugs of similar scale and provenance.

FAQs

Spongeware is a traditional category of decorative ceramics produced by applying coloured slip or glazes onto earthenware using cut sponges or roots to create repeating patterns, geometric borders, or floral motifs.

These items were predominantly constructed from earthenware or light-coloured creamware clay, finished with a clear protective glaze and decorated with iron-rich oxide pigments like cobalt blue, manganese brown, or green.

Authentic 19th-century pieces display minor hand-applied pattern irregularities, heavy earthenware construction, natural glaze crazing, and occasional impressed maker marks or kiln stilt marks on the base.

Designers frequently group antique spongeware pieces on open kitchen dressers, sideboards, or bookshelf alcoves to introduce organic texture, historic colour accents, and country charm to modern spaces.

To preserve delicate aged glazes and historic crazing, clean gently by hand with lukewarm water and mild detergent, avoiding dishwashers, harsh chemical solvents, or prolonged immersion in water.
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