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Egg Cup

ca. 1989 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Porcelain egg-cup, flared octagonal base supporting octagonal bowl form. White ground, with the four turtles’ heads printed. Above them, the word ‘Cowabunga’ in yellow, with a speech bubble and the words ‘Watch out dudes the Turtles are here’.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Egg cup, porcelain, copyright owned by Mirage Studios, licensed by Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd., manufactured in the Far East, designed in USA, ca. 1989.
Physical description
Porcelain egg-cup, flared octagonal base supporting octagonal bowl form. White ground, with the four turtles’ heads printed. Above them, the word ‘Cowabunga’ in yellow, with a speech bubble and the words ‘Watch out dudes the Turtles are here’.
Dimensions
  • Height: 6.5cm
  • Width: 4.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Cowabunga' (In yellow)
  • ‘Watch out dudes the Turtles are here’ (In yellow)
  • 'c 1990 Mirage Studios Licensed by Copyright Promotions Ltd' (Printed in black on the front)
Credit line
Given by Messrs Jack and Alex Greenhalgh
Object history
Part of the Mug Project and also part of a small collection of Turtles Ephemera. The Hero Mutant Turtles were perhaps the most successful children's marketing campaign of all time.
Literary referenceTeenage Mutant Hero Turtles
Collection
Accession number
C.177-1991

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Record createdNovember 19, 2008
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