A vintage Christmas mug by Kilncraft (early 1980s) - children at play with snow-sledge design

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For sale is a vintage Christmas mug made by Kilncraft pottery of Staffordshire. This mug is screen printed and shows a row of children playing in the snow with a sledge. This mug appears to be unused and in excellent clean condition.

If anyone knows what year this mug was first issued, I'd be grateful to hear from you.

https://c20ceramics.net/2017/05/01/kiln-craft-bacchus/ (some information about Kilncraft).

https://www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/049.htm

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DESCRIPTION:
Size: about 3 5/8" height x 3 3/16" O.D. excluding the handle (91mm x 81mm).
Finish: screen printed in 3 colours over the glaze plus a gold trim in four lines.
Material(s): white earthenware.
Imprint: KILNCRAFT STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND
Approximate age: c.1980 to c.1985.

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Outline history (including Kilndraft):

* Staffordshire Potteries Ltd grew out of the Keele Street Pottery Group and through the acquisition of smaller local pottery companies.
* By 1963, most of their operations were located on the 38 acre Meir site, formerly Meir Airport.
* 1972 Staffordshire Potteries Ltd assumed the KilnCraft name.
* 1979 Company bought by Royal Winton as a going concern, company's name remained unchanged.
* 1985 Company bought by the Coloroll Group of Manchester as well as Bilton tableware of Stoke-on-Trent. The company became the Ceramics Division of the Coloroll Group and the KilnCraft brandname was retained.
* 1990 The Coloroll Group went into receivership and there was a management buy-out of the Ceramic Division (Staffordshire Potteries Ltd/KilnCraft) to form a new company called Staffordshire Tableware Ltd (STL). STL included Biltons.
* 1994 Biltons sold amid a continuing decline in business for the company.
* 1999 A third of the Meir site was sold to Sainbsury for a new Homebase store.
* 2000 STL went into receivership when Bank of Scotland refused to extend its loan facility.

From 1972 through to 2000, the above companies made a major contribution to the British potteries industry. They were renowned for their ranges of mugs, tableware and dinnerware through the brandnames of KilnCraft, Biltons and Medici.

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CONDITION:
Excellent unused & clean condition. No damage.
Please see photograph(s), these form part of the description.

POSTAGE:
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RETURNS:
* Return accepted if the item(s) is returned in same condition it left me, then the full Agreed Asking Price will be refunded. Postal costs are not refundable.
* Buyer pays the return postal costs - unless agreed otherwise.

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