Current Location: In storage
Titles
Mug commemorating the Coronation of Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
Maker(s)
Factory:
uncertain
Entities
Categories
Description
Bone china transfer-printed and gilt. photographic portraits of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII with a British lion, crown, roses, thistles and shamrocks, a flags.
Bone china with clear glaze, transfer-printed and gilt. Cylindrical with sloping sides, a horizontal ridge 2 cm below the slightly projecting rim, and a small harp-shaped handle. Decorated with coloured bust portraits of H.M. Queen Alexandra and H.M. King Edward VII titled on ribbons below in capital letters and a crown above them. Below at centre is a recumbent crowned lion flanked by sprays of roses, thistles, and shamrock, and by the Royal Arms on the Queen's side, and the Union Jack on the King's side. There are gold bands on the rim and horizontal ridge and a line down the back of the handle.
Legal notes
Given by Duncan Robinson
Measurements and weight
Height: 8.4 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2007-10-08)
by
Robinson, Duncan
Dating
20th Century, Early
Edward VII
Production date:
circa
AD 1902
: The Coronation took place on 9 August 2002
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
ceramic printing colour
( green, pale blue, yellow, pink, purple, red, brown, black)
gold
Base
Diameter 7.2 cm
Handle-rim
Width 10 cm
Materials used in production
Bone china
Techniques used in production
Slip casting
: Bone china, probably slip cast, transger printrf, and gilded
Inscription or legends present
- Text: H.M. QUEEN ALEXANDRA H.M. KING GEORGE V
- Location: On the front below the respective portraits
- Method of creation: Printed
- Type: Inscription
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.38-2007
Primary reference Number: 157291
Entry form: 978
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 15 August 2016
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
