A vintage Christmas mug by Kilncraft (early 1980s) - snowmen 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 repeating pattern of three snowmen. 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 9/16" height x 3 3/16" O.D. excluding the handle (91mm x 82mm).
Finish: screen printed in 3 colours over the glaze.
Material(s): white earthenware.
Imprint: KILNCRAFT STAFFORDSHIRE ENGLAND
Approximate age: c.1980 to c.1985.

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Outline history (including Kilncraft):

* 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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* I combine postal costs for multiple items when these are paid for and posted the same time.

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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