Susan Williams-Ellis (1918–2007) Portmeirion “Crown Toothpaste” mug

Susan Williams-Ellis (1918–2007)
For Portmeirion Pottery
'Crown Toothpaste' mug from 'Chemist Prints' series
Stoneware pottery with transfer printed design
Printed mark to the base 
Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire
England, 1960's

Measures:-
10.2 cm (4 inches) tall

The quirky 'Chemist Prints' series of Portmeirion wares started life in 1962 as a range called 'Medicine Prints'. For these designs Susan Williams-Ellis re-used 19th-Century copper plates which she had acquired as part of her purchase of Kirkham's Pottery in 1960.