The Wedgwood Museum

This mug was a design collaboration between Lord Snowdon, Carl Toms and Wedgwood. Both Snowdon and Toms had designed royal commemorative mugs before – Toms for Prince Charles’ investiture as Prince of Wales and Lord Snowdon for the Queen’s silver jubilee. This example celebrated the marriage of the Prince of Wales to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981.

• Type of object: Useful ware/mug
• Mark: In celebration of the wedding of HRH The Prince of Wales St. Paul’s Cathedral 29th July 1981 An Edition of 5000 Designed by Carl Toms with Lord Snowdon (printed in turquoise) WEDGWOOD of Etruria & Barlaston(printed in turquoise) Made In England (printed in turquoise)
• Year first produced: 1981
• Body: Queen's ware, cream-coloured earthenware
• Glaze: Clear glaze
• Material: Ceramic
• Decoration: Transfer-printed
• Accession number: 11507
• Dimensions: 123 mm (height), 137 mm (diameter) including handle.