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A ceramic coffeepot with accompanying lid that is made in the image of Ronald Reagan's head. The coffeepot has a white, glossy finish.

The teapot was modelled by Luck & Flaw. It is unclear whether this item was made by the original manufacturers of the teapot, English Ironstone Tableware and Gill Wing Ceramics, or if it is one of the later examples made by Carlton Ware, which handled production in 1987.

Scope and Contents A visifile containing five large colour photographs, which are mounted and were once framed, which feature illustrations produced by Luck & Flaw and Spitting Image Productions Limited. These photographs were displayed at an exhibition on contemporary satirists, held at the Royal Academy of Arts, in the spring of 1997. The following images are present: Michael Foot with Denis Healey (L+F/123); 'Gin & Tonic' Queen Mother (SI/212); a naked Rupert Murdoch with Andrew Neil as the head of...

Scope and Contents A file of material relating to the satirical Spitting Image Productions Limited staff newsletter, Rubber News Incorporating Robey Weekly, which was principally made by puppet maker, Andrew Robey. Within the file there is one full multi-paged issue, and the remaining items are front pages of other issues, in varying paper sizes. The contents of these items are joke articles, with Roger Law and Peter Fluck as their main targets.It is unknown whether there...

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A set of nine ceramic eggcups, modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear caricature faces of the following British politicians and members of the royal family: Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip, Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, two copies of a baby Prince William, and a baby Princess Beatrice. All eggcups have a white glossy finish.

This set is incomplete, missing those for Prince Charles [afterwards King Charles III] and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Scope and Contents A file containing two sets of material relating to the chartered accountancy firm, Silver, Levene & Company, and their services to Luck & Flaw. There are three financial statements for the years ending the 5 April 1985, 1986 and 1989. There is also a bundle of correspondence and other papers, which cover the following topics: the payment of interest on overdue taxation for the years 1983/1984 and 1984/1985, the payment of other taxation, and invoices for the preparation of the...

Scope and Contents A file containing two promotion-related items concerning the British satirical puppet television show, Spitting Image. The first is an original ring-bound proposal document for the series (SI/1952), dated 1982. Bearing one of the programme's initial titles, Spit'n'Image, the proposal provides an introduction on the proposed production and its premise, along with information on its format and a demo video currently in production, and...

Scope and Contents A box containing 22 sub-files that hold bundles of photographs, transparencies, contact prints and negatives; which focus either on Spitting Image personnel or on Spitting Image Productions Limited premises, such as the workshops at Limehouse Docks (early 1980s to c 1989), Plumbers Row (c 1989 to early 1994), and Cairo Studios (1994 to late 1990s/early 2000s). The personnel represented in this file include, but are not limited to: Roger Law, Peter Fluck, John...

Scope and Contents A file holding five sub-folders, which contain a variety of invitations and posters for Spitting Image Productions Limited staff parties and outings. The following are present: 1. Two examples of an invitation leaflet to a Christmas champagne brunch, which took place at some point in the mid-1980s when the company was still based at Limehouse Studios. The invite has caricatures of Roger Law and Peter Fluck on the front (SI/593).2. Two examples of an invitation card to a...

Scope and Contents Two files containing four issues of the German weekly current affairs magazine, Stern, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations.The following editions are present:1. 28 October 1976 (No. 45) - the front cover has an illustration of future American President, Jimmy Carter, dressed as a farmer; photographic image by Bob Cramp (L+F/30).2. 19 July 1979 (No. 30) - pages 90 and 91 hold an illustration, which was...

Scope and Contents A file containing full issues and tearsheets for the British weekly current affairs magazine/newspaper, The Economist, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues.The following are present:1. Two tearsheets containing the front cover of issue 20-26 December 1975, which features an illustration of British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, depicted as a car salesman;...

Scope and Contents Five issues of the British weekly cultural magazine, The Listener, which was published by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The following issues are present:1. 7 March 1985 - page 29 contains an article on Spitting Image.2. 25 July 1985 - the front cover has a photographic illustration containing a Spitting Image puppet of satirist, James Gillray (SI/687), and pages 13 and 14 have...

Scope and Contents A file containing full issues and tearsheets for the American Sunday newspaper supplement, The New York Times Magazine, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues, and those represented were American presidential candidates for the 1976 election.The following are present:1. A tearsheet containing the front cover of issue 14 December 1975, along with a photostat...

Scope and Contents Five issues of the British newspaper supplement, The Observer Magazine. The following issues are present:1. 19 February 1984 - pages 20 and 21 contain an article on the upcoming first series of Spitting Image, accompanied by a photograph of Roger Law and Peter Fluck, who are buried amongst puppet heads.2. 16 February 1986 - pages 50 to 55 contain an article on male friendships, which includes an interview with Law and...

Scope and Contents Issues and tearsheets for the British newspaper supplement, The Sunday Times Magazine. The following items are present:1. 19 February 1984 issue - pages 50 and 51 contain an article on the upcoming first series of Spitting Image, accompanied by a photograph of Roger Law, Peter Fluck and others buried amongst a number of puppets.2. Tearsheets from an October 1986 issue, which contains an article by Lewis Chester on his...

Scope and Contents A box containing issues and tearsheets for British newspaper Sunday supplement, The Sunday Times Magazine, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. One of the issues also has an article that features the partnership's ceramic ware.The following are present:1. Issue 4 July 1976, which features illustrations of the party nominees for the 1976 American presidential election. There is an illustration of Jimmy Carter (L+F/30) on...

Scope and Contents Three issues of the British weekly cultual magazine, Time Out. The following issues are present:1. 21-28 October 1987 (No. 896) - pages 16 and 17 contain a feature on the Spitting Image Productions Limited publication, Spitting Images.2. 28 October-4 November 1987 (No. 897) - pages 26 and 27 contain an article on Spitting Image, featuring an interview with Roger Law and Peter Fluck. On page...

Scope and Contents Four boxes containing an assortment of 63mm x 63mm and 126mm x 120mm photographic transparencies, along with 35mm slides, which feature images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in various magazines, newspapers and other mediums. The contents of the four boxes are in alphabetical order, based on the subject(s) of the illustrations or the title of the work, and are split into the following: A to C, D to G, H to R, and S to W. The final box also has three...

Scope and Contents A file containing a paperback copy of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island, which features plasticine model illustrations made by Luck & Flaw, photographed by John Lawrence Jones. The cover of the book also bears the Spitting Image logo. Accompanying the book is a set of photographic proofs for the cover and illustrations (L+F/61 to 82).The original work by Luck & Flaw was done in 1980 and 1981, but it was...

Scope and Contents A box containing photographic material relating to plasticine models produced by Luck & Flaw for an illustrated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, Treasure Island. Work on this book took place between May 1980 and March 1981. However, the project was shelved after completion and the illustrated book was not published until 1986, following the success of Spitting Image. The majority of the box's contents are comprised of...

Scope and Contents Four issues of the British weekly television magazine, TV Times. The following issues are present:1. 25 February-2 March 1984 - the front cover contains a photograph of television astrologer, Russell Grant, accompanied by his Spitting Image puppet. Pages 4 to 6 feature an article on Spitting Image (SI/705 and 706).2. 5-11 January 1985 - pages 13 and 14 feature an article on the upcoming...

Scope and Contents A file containing three issues of the Canadian newspaper supplement, Weekend Magazine, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following editions are present:1. 15 April 1978, which accompanied the Winnipeg Free Press. The cover and page 7 feature illustrations of Canadian Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, depicted as a boxer (L+F/239 and 240). 2. 12 August 1978, marked as an advance...