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Mug

ca. 1988 (designed), ca. 1988 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Mug of white earthenware with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, with printed decoration in red and black depicting a scene of a potting town signed “R.G.H.”, with the captions “Good from oven” and “25 years Keele Ceramic Summer School”.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
White earthenware with printed decoration and glazed
Brief description
Mug, white earthenware with printed decoration and glazed, designed by Reginald Haggar, manufactured by Coloroll, Kilncraft, England, ca. 1988.
Physical description
Mug of white earthenware with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, with printed decoration in red and black depicting a scene of a potting town signed “R.G.H.”, with the captions “Good from oven” and “25 years Keele Ceramic Summer School”.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9cm
  • Diameter: 8cm
  • With handle width: 11.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Good from oven' and '25 years Keele Ceramic Summer School' (Printed captions)
  • 'R.G.H.' (Signed)
  • 'COLOROLL KILNCRAFT ENGLAND' (Mark in relief on the base)
Credit line
Given by Jennifer Opie, Paul Greenhalgh and Oliver Watson
Object history
The Keele Ceramic Summer School is a week-long study course in the history of ceramics organised annually by the Northern Ceramics Society, which takes place at Keele University each August.

This mug was purchased by Jennifer Opie at the Stoke-on-Trent Museum in the autumn of 1990, at a reduced price.

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
Accession number
C.94-1991

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Record createdNovember 5, 2008
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