- Titles Commemorative Mug (Descriptive)
- Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
- Medium lead-glazed earthenware (creamware) with printed decoration
- Dimensions 4 3/4 x 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 12.7 x 8.9 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.852.2008
- Work Type mug
- Classification Containers
- Signature none
- Marks Printed on bottom: WEDGWOOD BICENTENARY circular mark with THIS MUG COMMEMORATES THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD AND SONS 1959 around with Gilbert Wedgwood - Overhouse - Burslem b. 1588/Thomas Wedgwood - Churchyard - Burslem b. 1617/Thomas Wedgwood - Churchyard - Burslem b. 1660/Thomas Wedgwood - Churchyard - Burslem b. 1687/JOSIAH WEDGWOOD F.R.S. 1730-1795/1759. ESTABLISHED HIS OWN FACTORY AT THE IVY HOUSE WORKS, BURSLEM/ 1769. ETRURIA WORKS/1939. THE 6TH GENERATION OF HIS DESCENDENTS BUILT THE FACTORY AT BARLASTON
- Inscription The roundels with 1) BIRTHPLACE OF JOSIAH WEDGWOOD 1730/CHURCHYARD WORKS BURSLEM 1649; 2) ETRURIA. JUNE 13TH 1769/TRENT AND MERSEY CANAL 1777; and 3) BARLASTON 1939