Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, William Shakespeare commemorative ceramic mug, 1964
- Title(s):
William Shakespeare commemorative ceramic mug.
- Additional Title(s):
On bottom of mug: William Shakespeare Esq., playwright and poet, born 1564, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
- Published/Created:
- England, 1964.
- Physical Description:
- 1 mug : Queen's ware, cream-colored earthenware ; 12 cm high, 9 cm in diameter, 14 cm wide with handle
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsCabinet R2Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Neale Albert, Yale JD 1961, and Margaret AlbertView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12998905
- Related Content:
- View catalog record for Shakespeare characters plate
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- With backstamp "Wedgwood of Etruria & Barlaston" alongside "Engraved by the Wedgwood studios." Also bears the mark 'D' (in green ink).
"Design sponsored by the 1964 Shakespeare Anniversary Council, Stratford-upon-Avon."--Mug bottom.
"Decoration to exterior depicts Shakespearean characters in black print with each character's name displayed, in black type on either a pink or blue background. Handle has a yellow strip to its exterior which has a fine black edge line and fine black horizontal lines. Interior of this mug is also decorated, one side has the year 1564 in black ink on a blue background, and opposite the year 1964 in black ink on a yellow background can be seen. Body is made from Queen's ware with a clear glaze applied to exterior and interior. All of these were designed by the resident Wedgwood artist, Victor Skellern."--The Wedgwood Museum, accessed online, December 2016. - Subject Terms:
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Anniversaries, etc.Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters.
- Form/Genre:
- Ceramic (material)
Queen's ware.
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- Mrs. Lessingham as Ophelia
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- Mrs. Hartley as Hermione
- Mrs. Baddeley as Joan La P.
- Mrs. Hopkins as Volumnia.
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