VICTORY-V (sweets / confectionery) - promotional mug (1980's)
This promotional mug was produced by Coloroll for Ernest Jackson & Company Ltd of Devon, who currently produce the VICTORY-V sweets. Victory-V is the brandname of strong liquorice favoured lozenge sweets, as well as similar flavoured gum sweets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_V
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-...
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Outline of Staffordshire potteries history (including Coloroll):
* 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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www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/286a.htm
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/950b.htm
www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/049.htm
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DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 5/8" high x 3 1/8" O.D., excluding the handle (91mm x 80mm).
Finish: screen printed in 3 colours with an overall clear glaze.
Material(s): white china clay.
Imprint: COLOROLL ENGLAND
Weight: about 250g
Approximate age: c.1985 to c.1990
VICTORY-V (sweets / confectionery) - promotional mug (1980's)
This promotional mug was produced by Coloroll for Ernest Jackson & Company Ltd of Devon, who currently produce the VICTORY-V sweets. Victory-V is the brandname of strong liquorice favoured lozenge sweets, as well as similar flavoured gum sweets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_V
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-...
.
Outline of Staffordshire potteries history (including Coloroll):
* 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.
.
.
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/286a.htm
www.thepotteries.org/allpotters/950b.htm
www.thepotteries.org/advert_wk/049.htm
.
DESCRIPTION:
Size: 3 5/8" high x 3 1/8" O.D., excluding the handle (91mm x 80mm).
Finish: screen printed in 3 colours with an overall clear glaze.
Material(s): white china clay.
Imprint: COLOROLL ENGLAND
Weight: about 250g
Approximate age: c.1985 to c.1990