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Mug for Soldiers & Sailors Buffet, York Station

Passenger Comforts

Soldiers & Sailors canteen mug - Selby Station

Passenger Comforts

c. 1915-1919

Samaritans Tyneside 25th Anniversary mug, 1990

Telecommunications

1990

Commemorative royal wedding mug.

Orthopaedics

1981

Creamware mug decorated with a poem entitled 'The Triple Plea', England, 1760-1770

Medical Ceramic-ware

1760-1766

Radio Manchester Mug

Radio Communication

1970-1972

ReQuip mug, with handle which allows people with s

Orthopaedics

1996

Mug, decorated with generic sc

Coal Mining

Earthenware mug, marked `Foreign 5540/10', probably Italian, c1962

Earthenware mug, marked `Foreign 5540/10', probabl

Domestic Appliances

c. 1962

Mug, ceramic, depicting 1830s express train with two carriages and carriage truck in pastoral scene, poor condition.

early staffordshire pottery mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1850

Mug for cider, depicting sailing ship and locomotive, labelled 'Cyder mug of the 1830s from Commander F W Wilsden, RNR Uttoxeter 7-6-40'.

Ceramic cider mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Preston Station free buffet mug for H.M. Forces

Passenger Comforts

c. 1940

Commemorative mug

Public Health & Hygiene

1992

Ceramic mug moulded into the form of a face, marked 'Cadbury's Bournvita' on the base, used for children's drinks in the early 1950s, made for Cadbury's, 1950-1959.

Ceramic mug moulded into the form of a face, marke

Nutrition & Food Technology

1950-1959

Silver plate half mug engraved

Local History

Mug, c.1954-97. Collection par

Motive Power

c1954-97

Mug, plastic, Sealink, yellow and blue, from Linfoot Collection

Plastic mug, Sealink

Passenger Comforts

Mug, ceramic, by Dunn Bennett & Co, Burslem, Great Northern Railway, large, white, blue motif, GNR coat of arms surrounded by 'GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY REFRESHMENT DEPARTMENT'.

Ceramic mug, Great Northern Railway - Refreshment Department

Passenger Comforts

Mug, ceramic, Great Western Railway, unidentified maker - unmarked; white with "GWR" in diamond near rim, 1 pint capacity.

Ceramic mug, Great Western Railway

Passenger Comforts

BBC GMR mug

Radio Communication

Ceramic mug, purple and white, 1999.

Ceramics

1999

Shaving mug from St Audry's Hospital

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1924-1950

Mug, BR Speedlink, red and white, from Linfoot Collection. Large BR logo to each side.

Ceramic mug, BR Speedlink

Passenger Comforts

Mug, British Railways totem, brown, from Linfoot Collection. BR logo in brown.

Ceramic mug, British Railways

Passenger Comforts

1948-1994

Mug, ceramic, two handles, blue transfer-printed depiction of Broad Gauge(?) 2-2-2 locomotive with four first-class carriages and a carriage truck in rural landscape, c. 1840, ex GP Keen Collection.

Ceramic mug depicting 2-2-2 locomotive

Miscellanea & Curiosities

'Tumble-not' mug - bone china mug with large base

Orthopaedics

1990-1995

Mug commemorating Sir Humphry Davy

Coal Mining

1978

Mug, ceramic, North Eastern Railway, marked on side "Return to Sailors and Soldiers canteen Selby Station".

Ceramic mug, North Eastern Railway - Sailors and Soldiers canteen, Selby Station

Passenger Comforts

c1915-1919

Mug, ceramic, ribbed handle, coloured vignette depicting 2-2-2 locomotive 'Caledonia' with two pink carriages emerging from a tunnel on one side, coloured vignette depicting two young children on other side. Crazed and cracked.

Ceramic mug depicting 2-2-2 locomotive 'Caledonia'

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Mug, ceramic, depicting a locomotive named Express with two carriages and a flat truck in a pastoral scene with steep mountains.

Ceramic mug depicting express locomotive

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1840

Mug, ceramic, transfer-printed hand-coloured 2-2-2 locomotive `Nero' with two first class carriages and a carriage truck in rural landscape marked `Railway WC & Co' on base, Staffordshire, c.1835, ex GP Keen Collection, possibly made by Wood and Caldwell of Burslem, Staffordshire.

Ceramic mug depicting 2-2-2 locomotive 'Nero'

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1835

Mug, ceramic, depicting locomotive 'Jaco' and two carriages.

Ceramic mug depicting 'Jaco' locomotive

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1840

Cylindrical mug of white urea formaldehyde

Plastics and Modern Materials

1953

Millennium 2000

Johnson Brothers

1999

Global Warming Mug, 2005-2007

Art

2005-2007

Mug, brown slip ware, unglazed moulding of locomotives; Great Yarnmouth Railway - 100 years anniversary 1883-1983 Lingwood to Great Yarnmouth Railway line.

great yarmouth railway commemorative mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1983

Earthenware mug marked GRVI, for emergency feeding purposes, by TG Green and Co, Church Gresley, 1942

Earthenware mug marked GRVI

Nutrition & Food Technology

1942

Mug, china, by Aberdare Market China, Aberdare, Wales, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Taff Vale Railway, 1991, depicts engine and tender in black, inscribed "Cymru a Fu a Chymru a Fydd - TVR 150 - 1841-1991". Overall: 94 mm x 110 mm 80 mm.

Commemorative mug, Taff Vale Railway

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1991

Tin mug, Great Northern Railway, small tin mug stamped GNRL. Possibly workman's mug or varnish cup. Dimensions: 2 1/2"x3" diam.

Tin mug, Great Northern Railway

Tools of the Trade & Personal Accessories

Mug, Railway Centenary Celebration 1825-1925, First Railway, Darlington & Stockton, Preston & Eaglescliffe. Depicting No.1 locomotive and Flying Scotsman. Printed black design with gilded rim and handle. Overall: 72 mm x 98 mm x 75 mm.

Centenary mug - First Railway Darlington & Stockton - Preston & Eaglescliffe

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1925

Souvenir mug, Denby china; specially produced for Kodak Ltd. As promotional souvenir for the introduction of Veribron paper.

Souvenir Mug

Printed Materials & Ephemera

Mug, ceramic, transfer-printed 0-2-2 locomotive `London' handling 2 first-class carriages, a mail coach and a carriage truck in rural landscape, c.1838, ex GP Keen Collection

Mug, ceramic, transfer-printed 0-2-2 locomotive `London' han

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1838

Mug, ceramic, depicting 1830s engine with two carriages and carriage truck in pastoral scene, poor condition.

early staffordshire pottery mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1830-1850

Mug, ceramic, "To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Stephenson's Rocket 1829-1979", black transfer print depicts "Rocket" with driver and fireman; gild to rim and handle. Overall: 80 mm x 95 mm 70 mm.

rocket 150th anniversary commemorative mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1979

Mug, ceramic, inscribed for the Railway Centenary at Shildon 27th September 1825-1925, with Shildon coat of arms and portrait of Timothy Hackworth 1786-1850, inventor of steam blast pipe, gilded rim and handle; c.1925. Overall: 75 mm x 97 mm x 77 mm.

Railway Centenary at Shildon 27th September 1825-1925

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Mug, commemorative, 'The Sealink Rats', c. 1986, by Stanley Cox Ceramics, Devon; printed yellow, blue and black. Overall: 93 mm x 115 mm 79 mm.

Commemorative mug, The Sealink Rats

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1986

Commemorative mug, ceramic, BREL York Works Centenary, 1884-1984, by Staffordshire Potteries Limited, England. Identical design on front and reverse. Overall: 90 mm x 108 mm x 78 mm.

BREL York Works Centenary Year commemorative mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

1984

Speedlink mug, white with blue background and white British Rail logo. Overall: 93 mm x 110 mm 80 mm.

Speedlink mug

Miscellanea & Curiosities

Mug, ceramic, Rail Express Systems, white, depicting Royal Mail Travelling Post Office. Printed. Overall: 94 mm x 110 mm 80 mm.

Royal Mail, Rail Express Systems mug

Passenger Comforts

1996

Ilford Centenary Awards, 1879-1979.

Souvenir Mug

Printed Materials & Ephemera

1979