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Mug

1937 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Josiah Wedgwood and Sons (maker)
Ravilious, Eric (designer)
Ravilious, Eric (designer)
Place of origin
Staffordshire (made)

Coronation mug of earthenware transfer-printed in black and enamelled in colours. Cylindrical with a loop handle. Transfer-printed on the white earthenware body outside with hatched silhouettes of the Royal Arms and with bursting fireworks above the inscription '1937 GR'. The fireworks are picked out in yellow enamel. The lower part of the mug is washed in sky-blue. The interior is printed in black monochrome with monogram 'G6R'.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Earthenware
Object type
Mug
Materials and techniques
Earthenware transfer-printed in black and enamelled in colours
Earthenware
Transfer-Printed
Brief description
Coronation mug of earthenware transfer-printed in black and enamelled in colours, designed by Eric Ravilious, Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, Staffordshire, dated 1937
Physical description
Coronation mug of earthenware transfer-printed in black and enamelled in colours. Cylindrical with a loop handle. Transfer-printed on the white earthenware body outside with hatched silhouettes of the Royal Arms and with bursting fireworks above the inscription '1937 GR'. The fireworks are picked out in yellow enamel. The lower part of the mug is washed in sky-blue. The interior is printed in black monochrome with monogram 'G6R'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'WEDGWOOD' (Impressed)
  • 'MADE IN ENGLAND' (Impressed)
  • 'TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF THEIR MAJESTIES KING GEORGE VI QUEEN ELIZABETH - 1937 - WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND - DESIGNED BY RAVILIOUS' (Printed and inscribed beneath a crown, in black)
  • A cross (Painted in green enamel)
  • 'CL 6203 / 4' (Painted in red enamel)
  • '1937 GR' (Inscribed on the outside)
  • 'G6R' (Printed in black beneath a crown)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss B.E. Chambers
Subjects depicted
The Royal Arms
Fireworks
Associated object
E.292-1937 (Design)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.77-1971

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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