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Mug, black basalt, inset base, cylindrical sides tapering inwards towards the top, square-shouldered loop handle; printed with a decoration in gilt with to one side of the body a Welsh dragon enclosed by a wreath of leaves and with the inscription "GOD BLESS / THE PRINCE OF WALES" printed around it, to the other side the Prince of Wales feathers enclosed by a wreath of leaves and with the inscription "JULY 1969 / ICH DIEN / CAERNARVON" printed around it, gilt lines around the foot-rim and exterior lip-rim, a band of leaves to the handle, the interior of the mug glazed.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36008
Creation/Production
Wedgwood
WILSON, Norman
Date: 1969 –
Acquisition
Gift, 17/10/1972
Given by Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd
Measurements
Height
(cm): 12
diam
(cm): 9.4
Width
(cm): 13
Height
(in): 4
diam
(in): 3
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
basalt
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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