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Mug 1851

Porcelain | 12.0 x 8.75 cm (whole object) | RCIN 74874

London Museum [London]

Description

A porcelain mug, straight sided with scrolling handle with thumb rest, body with black transfer print of the Crystal Palace, the building in which the Great Exhibition was shown, with figures in foreground.

Provenance

First recorded in the Royal Collection in 1934.
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Porcelain

porcelain

Measurements

12.0 x 8.75 cm (whole object)
Groupings
Category
Ceramics
Object type(s)
containers
culinary containers
vessels for serving or eating
drinking vessels
mugs
commemorative mugs
Subject(s)
Places
Europe
Great Britain
England
Greater London [England]
London [Greater London]
City of Westminster [London]
Hyde Park [London]
The Crystal Palace [Hyde Park]

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