IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 157293 accession number: C.40-2007 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Bone china, slip-cast, with a blue enamel ground, transfer-printed in brown and gold. Cylindrical with sloping sides, and below the the rim, a horizontal band of laurel leaves in relief; loop handle. One side is decorated with a brown portrait of the King in an oval frame with a lion standing on a crown above, and two flags on either side, titled in gold below on a ribbon 'H.M.KING EDWARD VIII' and on the ground below, CORONATION/ MAY 12 1937'. On the other side is a Crown over 'EVIII R', with below, an arrangement of shamrocks, roses and thistles. The band of laurel leaves is picked out in gold. There is a gold band round the base, another round the rim, and a thinner band inside it. The handle is gilded overall. title: mug NOTES ----- type: history note value: uncertain before donor LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Duncan Robinson, MA STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/157293 PEOPLE ------------------- Edward VIII TECHNIQUES ---------- glazing TECHNIQUES ---------- slip casting CATEGORIES ------ category: bone china DATING ------ creation date: 1937 - 1937 creation date earliest: 1937 creation date latest: 1937 culture: 1930s culture: Edward VIII CREATORS -------- maker: Crown Staffordshire Porcelain Co. Ltd. DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 8.2