For a Brighton Girl Victorian Tankard Tea Mug Harlequin Set

Print description

Brighton Girls: The Hive and The Old Vicarage buildings as designs for tea mugs in a colourful display.

Victorian Tea Ceramic Tankard

A Victorian ceramic tea tankard or mug is typically a sturdy, large cup with a handle, designed for holding tea. It’s often crafted from ceramic or porcelain and may feature intricate decorative elements, such as floral patterns, embossed designs, or even hand-painted motifs common to the Victorian era. These mugs tend to have a traditional, elegant feel with rounded shapes and detailed glazing, reflecting the craftsmanship of the period. Many pieces would also have a glossy finish and might include ornate gold trim or accents, emphasizing the opulence associated with Victorian design.

some Victorian ceramic mugs were designed specifically for children, often to celebrate special occasions like birthdays, christenings, or milestones in the royal family. These mugs frequently featured charming, playful designs, including illustrations of nursery rhymes, animals, or popular children’s themes of the time. The decoration might include bright colors, cheerful motifs, and inscriptions like “A Reward of Merit.” They were meant to be keepsakes, commemorating a happy event or serving as a special gift, reflecting the Victorian era’s love of sentimental objects and celebration of family milestones

Print details

Digital pigment print from original ink drawings. Printed on fine art paper using archival inks. Available in sizes A0,A1, A2, A3 or A4 as limited editions of 100. Each print is individually signed and numbered.

The Temple

The Temple was built in 1819. Very likely  Amon Wilds designed it for Thomas Read Kemp. The Building had originally a square plan with 5 bays on each side, and 2-storeyed with the domed upper storey. It became a boys’ school in 1828; the present first floor on the original building dates from before 1876; the wing to the south-west corner was added, as the inscription records, for the Girls Public Day School Company in 1891.

Only the east and north sides of the building retain the beautiful original ground-floor treatment of 5 arcaded bays with flat-arched windows set back under a round-arched arcade with paired engaged columns which taper downwards and have Egyptian bud capitals of exaggerated form

According to Carder T: The Encyclopaedia of Brighton: Lewes: 1990- The Temple has been built on the exact measurements of Solomon’s Temple and so is called “The Temple”. 

The Vicarage: historic building description

This building, originally a vicarage and now a school, was designed by Mr. Mew and built by George Cheeseman in 1834-5 for Rev. HW Wagner. The exterior is covered in stucco, made to look like stone, and has a tiled roof. The front has two stories, except at the back, where there are three. The building has a simplified Tudor style, with flat-arched entrances and windows that have a bit of decorative detailing.

The main front has three gabled sections with recesses in between. Each section has two-story bay windows, while the recessed parts have slightly set-back first floors with unusual bay windows. Some original wooden glazing bars remain. A few changes have been made, like a window in one part that was converted into a door.

Inside, many original or mid-19th-century features remain, such as the decorative doors with recessed panel designs and detailed door frames. The staircase has neo-Jacobean newel posts and turned balusters. There’s also a Tudor-style fireplace with decorative elements in one of the rooms on the east side.