Coronation mug for Edward VIII

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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.

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Categories	Tea, Coffee & Chocolate Wares Ceramics Designs Drawings Drinking
Object type	Ceramic design
Title	Coronation 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	C.5-1937 C.77-1971 CIRC.8-1937 CIRC.9-1937
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 created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1041808/coronation-mug-for-edward-viii-ceramic-design-ravilious-eric/

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