British Sign Language alphabet mug
This 200 year old mug depicts the British Sign Language alphabet. It is transfer-printed, indicating it was mass-produced. Sign language was banned from education following an 1880 conference, and only officially recognised in the UK in 2003
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 52/1926
- Collection Class
- British ceramics
- Material
- earthenware
- Common Name
- British Sign Language alphabet mug
- Simple Name
- mug
- Period Classification
- George IV (1820-1830)
- Production Town
- ? Stoke-on-Trent
- Production County
- Staffordshire
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- ? Josiah
- Production Person Surname
- ? Spode
- Production Year Low
- 1820
- Production Year High
- 1830
