Not currently on display at the V&A

Mug

1990 (designed), ca. 1990 (made)
Artist/Maker
Coloroll (manufacturer)
Mirage Studios (copyright holder)
Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd. (licensor)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (manufactured)

Mug of white earthenware with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, printed decoration of three turtles emerging from sewers, with the caption "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" in black, green, red and blue.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
White earthenware with printed decoration and glazed
Earthenware
Glaze
Printed
Glazed
Brief description
Mug, white earthenware with printed decoration and glazed, design copyright owned by Mirage Studios, licensed by C.P.L., made by Coloroll, England, ca. 1990.
Physical description
Mug of white earthenware with opaque white glaze, cylindrical with loop handle, printed decoration of three turtles emerging from sewers, with the caption "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" in black, green, red and blue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.1cm
  • Diameter: 8.1cm
  • With handle width: 11.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles' (Inscriptions printed in colours)
  • 'COLOROLL ENGLAND' (In relief on the base)
  • '(c) 1990 Mirage Studios. Licensed by C.P.L.' (Printed)
Credit line
Given by Jennifer Opie, Paul Greenhalgh and Oliver Watson
Object history
Purchased in the Holloway Road for £2.50 at a shop specialising in cheap fancy goods.

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.
Literary referenceTeenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.85-1991

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Record createdNovember 4, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171496/mug-coloroll/
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