Not on display

Mug

1937 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
J & G Meakin (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (manufactured)

Bone china mug, tapering cylinder with moulded handle in form of heraldic beast’s head. Decorated with transfer-printed portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Royal Arms, with background of circus animals, roses etc.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Bone China
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Bone china with transfer-printed decoration
Bone China
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Mug, bone china with transfer-printed decoration, designed and modelled by Dame Laura Knight, made by J & G Meakin, England, 1937.
Physical description
Bone china mug, tapering cylinder with moulded handle in form of heraldic beast’s head. Decorated with transfer-printed portraits of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Royal Arms, with background of circus animals, roses etc.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ‘J. & G. Meakin England’ under sunburst
  • ‘GRVI’ in monogram in circle surrounded by ‘RD. No. 814375/6, Designed & Modelled by Dame Laura Knight O.B.E. RA’
  • Signature of Laura Knight
Credit line
Bequeathed by G.J.H. Swain
Subjects depicted
The Royal Arms
Roses
Animals
Coronation of King George VI
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.6-1992

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Record createdNovember 20, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O172851/mug-j--g/
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