Mug
1985 (designed), 1985 (manufactured)
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Bone china mug of standard mug form, with straight-sides and 'ear'-shaped handle. Glazed and printed with drawing in red of things related to the Staffordshire industry; an eighteenth century house, bottle kilns, workmen carrying saggers, baskets, barges etc. In black the words “City Museum and Art Gallery Stoke-on-Trent”.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bone china with printed decoration and glazed |
| Brief description | Mug, glazed bone china with printed decoration, manufactured by Hudson & Middleton (Longton) Ltd., England, 1985. |
| Physical description | Bone china mug of standard mug form, with straight-sides and 'ear'-shaped handle. Glazed and printed with drawing in red of things related to the Staffordshire industry; an eighteenth century house, bottle kilns, workmen carrying saggers, baskets, barges etc. In black the words “City Museum and Art Gallery Stoke-on-Trent”. |
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| Credit line | Given by Jennifer Hawkins-Opie |
| Object history | Part of a large collection of mugs acquired in 1991. It aims to illustrate the various uses of the 'Mug as bearer of message' over the past decade. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.173-1991 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2008 |
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