Egg Cup
ca. 1989 (manufactured)
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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
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| 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’. |
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| 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 reference | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles |
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| Accession number | C.177-1991 |
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| Record created | November 19, 2008 |
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