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Flame Mug

Mug
1994 (designed), 1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tankard-shaped mug of buff stoneware, decorated with a mottled green glaze and a pattern of orange and blue flames rising from the base. Yellow interior.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFlame Mug (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Stoneware, coloured glazes
Brief description
'Flame Mug', stoneware, pattern designed by Claire Bernard, 1994, made by Denby, England, 1996
Physical description
Tankard-shaped mug of buff stoneware, decorated with a mottled green glaze and a pattern of orange and blue flames rising from the base. Yellow interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.3cm
  • Width: 12.1cm
  • Depth: 9.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'DENBY / ENGLAND' [within a rectangle] and 'FREEZER', 'DISHWASHER', 'OVEN SAFE', and 'MICROWAVE' around the sides of the rectangle (Printed)
  • 'DENBY FLAME MUG / FLAME GREEN / [barcode] / 745606385860' (Paper label)
Credit line
Given by The Denby Pottery Company Ltd.
Object history
Shown by Denby and selected for acquisition by the Museum at the International Spring Fair, NEC, Birmingham, February 1996.
Bibliographic reference
Irene and Gordon Hopwood. Denby Pottery 1809-1997. Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1997
Collection
Accession number
C.42-1998

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Record createdMay 8, 2008
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