Figure 15 Mug fragment, Staffordshire, 1700–1720. Manganese-mottled earthenware. (Courtesy, Potteries Museum.) Applied, or sometimes impressed, ale-measure marks are commonly found on “mottled ware” tavern mugs, these bearing the initials of the reigning monarch, namely “WR” for William III, “AR” for Queen Anne, and “GR” for George I. |