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Coronation mug for Edward VIII

Ceramic Design
1936 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons
Ravilious, Eric (designer)
Place of origin
England (designed)

Design for a mug to commemorate the coronation of Edward VIII expected to take place in 1937, pencil and watercolour.

Object details

Categories
Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares
Ceramics
Designs
Drawings
Drinking
Object type
Ceramic design
TitleCoronation mug for Edward VIII (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour
Watercolour
Pencil
Watercolour Drawing
Painting
Brief description
Eric Ravilious. Design for the coronation mug of Edward VIII, made for Wedgwood in 1936
Physical description
Design for a mug to commemorate the coronation of Edward VIII expected to take place in 1937, pencil and watercolour.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.7cm
  • Width: 48.2cm
Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
Credit line
Given by Eric Ravilious
Subjects depicted
Royalty
Coronations
Mugs
Designs
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Lambert, Susan (ed.) Pattern & Design: Designs for the Decorative Arts 1480-1980 London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1983
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.292-1937

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1041808/coronation-mug-for-edward-viii-ceramic-design-ravilious-eric/
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