Not on display

Mug

ca. 1990 (made), ca. 1990 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Bone china mug, cylindrical with loop handle, decorated with frieze of five Toucans in foliage underneath "Friends of the Earth" repeated twice, printed in black, red, yellow and green.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Bone China
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Bone china with printed decoration
Bone China
Printed
Brief description
Mug, bone china with printed decoration, made in Staffordshire, England, ca. 1990.
Physical description
Bone china mug, cylindrical with loop handle, decorated with frieze of five Toucans in foliage underneath "Friends of the Earth" repeated twice, printed in black, red, yellow and green.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
  • Diameter: 7.3cm
  • With handle width: 10.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Friends of the Earth' (Part of the printed decoration)
  • 'FINE BONE CHINA Friends of the Earth' and an image of the Earth (Printed in black on the base.)
Credit line
Given by Jennifer Opie, Paul Greenhalgh and Oliver Watson
Object history
Purchased by Jennifer Opie, curator in the Ceramics Section, for family use in the autumn of 1990, from the FoE catalogue. This bone china mug is more refined in shape, design of handle and thickness than the standard earthenware mug.

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.
Subjects depicted
Toucans
Foliation (Pattern)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.88-1991

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Record createdNovember 4, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O171548/mug-unknown/
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