Wholesale Mug (Bone China) Dodo

Bone China Mug 350ml/ approx 95 x 90dia mm Slightly oversized mug. Glossy print on bone china. Dishwasher safe. Microwave safe. Printed in the UK About the Artwork This Marching Dodo Artwork is decorated with gold, copper and silver lustre highlights on an underglaze base. These metals all have different melting temperatures and must be fired separately; accordingly, this tile would have been fired 6 times. The tiles produced with this method are rare, as it was challenging and expensive to produce. Whilst De Morgan often bought blank tiles from other tile manufacturers to decorate, this earthenware tile base was made by De Morgan’s own pottery. The dodo was popularised in the Victorian era by the writer, Lewis Carroll, who featured the flightless bird in Alice in Wonderland. This extinct flightless bird was endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Marching Dodo design is protected by UK Design Registration No. 6355857.