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On display at V&A South Kensington

Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

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'.

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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 created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O335374/mug-ravilious-eric/

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