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Mug

ca. 1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Churchill Tableware Ltd. (maker)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

White clay cylindrical mug with pronounced throwing rings, loop handle and a brown glaze turning grey where thicker between the 'rings'


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Drinking
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
White clay with coloured glazes
Clay
Glaze
Glazed
Brief description
Mug, white clay with coloured glazes, made by Churchill Tableware Ltd, Staffordshire, England, ca. 1980.
Physical description
White clay cylindrical mug with pronounced throwing rings, loop handle and a brown glaze turning grey where thicker between the 'rings'
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.6cm
  • Diameter: 8cm
  • With handle diameter: 11.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
'CHURCHILL / ENGLAND' (in relief on the base)
Gallery label
  • '9. Two Mugs Industrial techniques have been used to imitate the look ad feel of hand-thrown studio pots. These mugs have pronounced 'throwing rings' between which the glaze has collected, yet they were mass-produced.'
  • '9. Two Mugs Industrial techniques have been used to imitate the look ad feel of hand-thrown studio pots. These mugs have pronounced 'throwing rings' between which the glaze has collected, yet they were mass-produced. Britain About 1980 Made by Churchill Tableware Ltd, Staffordshire Earthenware Museum no. C.102-1991 About 1985 Made by Pearsons, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Stoneware Given by Maxwell S. Watson Museum no. C.151-1991'
Credit line
Given by Jennifer Opie, Paul Greenhalgh and Oliver Watson
Object history
This mug was part of the Ceramic Section's general coffee mugs for some years before being taken into the collection-its lack of chips pays testament to the strength of the material. The interest lies in the use of a 'hand made' design- a brown variable glaze and 'throwing-rings' - by an industrial based company using industrial materials and techniques, very different in nature from the hand-made studio-pot which it consciously imitates.

Part of a large collection of mugs acquired in 1991. This group [C.84 to 105-1991] were brought together from various sources and were presented by the donors - the Curator and Deputy Curators of the Ceramics and Glass Section. The collection aims to illustrate the various uses of the 'Mug as bearer of message' over the past decade.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.102-1991

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O145497/mug-churchill-tableware-ltd/
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