Not on display

Mug

1978 (designed), 1978 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Vitramic stoneware mug, cylindrical shape and facetted, cast and vibro-polished; decoration of heraldic motifs within a panel screen printed in enamels.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Cast stoneware with screen-printed decoration in enamels
Brief description
Mug, cast stoneware with screen-printed decoration in enamels, shape designed by John Horler for Queensberry Hunt Design Group, pattern designed by Tom Taylor, made by Hornsea Pottery, printing by Serical, England, 1978.
Physical description
Vitramic stoneware mug, cylindrical shape and facetted, cast and vibro-polished; decoration of heraldic motifs within a panel screen printed in enamels.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
  • Diameter: 10.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • The maker's logo (Printed in black)
  • 'HORNSEA / this mug was specially designed / by the Marquess of Queensberry's Design Group / with graphic design by Tom Taylor for / the Bicentenery of Debenhams 1778-1987 / A limited edition of 500' (Printed in black)
Credit line
Given by Marquess of Queensberry and Sir Anthony Burney
Object history
Designed and produced in 1978, commissioned to celebrate the Bicentenery of Debenhams (1778-1978) and given by them to selected people.
Production
Shape designed by John Horler for Queensberry Hunt Design Group
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.17-1988

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Record createdOctober 29, 2008
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