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Nursery ware Big Top mug - 1959
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Nursery ware Big Top mug, photo M. Coupe
© Wedgwood Museum
This mug, with a design by Peter Wall, is part of the Big Top nursery ware range. The circus themed decoration is design number 9922 in the Wedgwood pattern books.
This mug, with a design by Peter Wall, is part of the Big Top nursery ware range. The circus themed decoration is design number 9922 in the Wedgwood pattern books.
- Type of object: Teaware/mug
- Mark: (Clown's head and shoulders design) BIG TOP WEDGWOOD BARLASTON MADE IN ENGLAND [Printed]
- Year first produced: 1959
- Body: Queen's ware, cream-coloured earthenware
- Glaze: White
- Material: Ceramic
- Decoration: Covercoate, lithographed
- Accession number: 11020
- Dimensions: 72 mm (height), 105 mm (width, handle to edge), 76 mm (depth)
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Peter Wall
Designer
Peter Wall - Designer
Peter Wall joined Wedgwood in 1951 after training in art schools in London and in Burslem. He became deputy art director in 1961, a position he held until 1970 when he left to be become head of the School of Ceramics at Birmingham Polytechnic. During the 1950s he designed tableware, nursery ware, hotelware and some commemorative items.
