Not currently on display at the V&A

Mug

1989 (designed), ca. 1990 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Coloroll (manufacturer)
Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. (copyright holder)
Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd. (licensor)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (manufactured)

White earthenware mug with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, with printed decoration of two ghosts, one smiling, one yawning, and the Ghostbusters logo, with the caption "Raise Your Spirits".


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
White earthenware with printed decoration and glazed
Earthenware
Glaze
Printed
Glazed
Brief description
Mug, white earthenware with printed decoration and glazed, design copyright owned by Columbia Pictures Industries Inc., made by Coloroll, England, ca. 1990.
Physical description
White earthenware mug with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, with printed decoration of two ghosts, one smiling, one yawning, and the Ghostbusters logo, with the caption "Raise Your Spirits".
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Diameter: 8cm
  • With handle width: 11.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'COLOROLL ENGLAND' (In relief on the base)
  • '(c) 1989. Columbia Pictures Industries Inc. All Rights reserved' (Printed)
  • 'Raise Your Spirits' (Caption, part of the decoration)
Credit line
Given by Jennifer Opie, Paul Greenhalgh and Oliver Watson
Object history
This mug was brought into work by Paul Greenhalgh, curator in the Ceramics Section, as a coffee mug for his own use.

"Ghostbusters" was a popular film in the 1980s which spawned a following among children and adults alike.

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.
Subject depicted
Ghosts
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.89-1991

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Record createdNovember 4, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171555/mug-coloroll/
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