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A similar small mug with a lustrous mottled brown glaze was excavated from the Carter Gate Pottery site in Nottingham and is illustrated in Nottingham Salt-Glazed Stoneware 1690-1800, Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (2010), p.34, no.20. Compare also to no.19. A related Nottingham jug dated 1708 is illustrated on p.33, no.17 which has three pad marks to the flat base. Mugs of similar form with finely turned bands have been excavated at Fulham and it is known that John Dwight made similar examples. James Morley was sued by Dwight in 1693 for infringing his patent, see Gordon Elliot, John and David Elers and their Contemporaries (1998), no.7B. As well as mugs, Morley also made small capuchines to cater for the increasing fashion for coffee drinking in England during the 17th century, as described in his advert of circa 1700, see Gordon Elliot (1998), nos.10 and 11B.
Please note that this mug is incorrectly described as saltglaze.