Commemorative Mug

Designed by Richard Talbot Guyatt, Wedgwood

1969

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Small asparagus shell, or server, of white soft-paste porcelain with low vertical, scalloped sides that taper towards one end, open at both ends to allow bundles of asparagus spears to be contained inside, the interior printed in underglaze blue in a variation of the Caughley "Temple" pattern, the border above comprised of a series of blue squares with round reserves and blue dots.
Obverse: Emblems of agriculture and commerce with Brunswick's coat of arms. Reverse: A baby in the arms of an angel.
Solid blue jasper plate with white jasper relief decoration, the rim decorated with large, alternating acanthus leaves and stiff leaf motifs, the center well decorated with the Infant Academy featuring a group of three draped cherub figures posing for another draped cherub figure working at an easel with a vase of flowers, two rolled scrolls and another implement behind him, the underside of the rim is engine turned.
Hollow, flattened, round stoneware vessel, or vase, with a small hole in the center, the underside covered with an opaque cream-colored glaze punctuated by glassy drips and black speckles, the upper side is covered with a spotty, mottled, lavender glaze highlighted by splashes of green and gray.