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Mug celebrating the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday: C.41-2007

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mug celebrating the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday

Maker(s)

Factory: Aynsley China Ltd

Entities

Categories

Description

Bone china decorated onglaze with a polychrome transfers and gilding

Bone china with clear glaze, transfer-printed and gilded. Cylindrical with a scrolled handle. Decorated on one side with the Queen Mother’s arms, with THE QUEEN MOTHER in blue on a ribbon below. On the other side, printed in blue, is a genealogical tree showing the Queen Mother's descent from her grandparents with a crown above and a frame of blue stylized leaves with a Tudor rose in each corner. Inside the rim is an inscription printed in brown on a ribbon with yellow edges: ‘1900. To Commemorate H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Eightieth Birthday 1980’ A gold band encircles the rim, and on the handle there is a gold loop at the top, and three strokes on each side.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before donor

Legal notes

Given by Duncan Robinson, MA

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 8.2 cm
Height: 8.2 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Longton ⪼ Staffordshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2007-10-08) by Robinson, Duncan

Dating

20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date: AD 1980 : dated

Components of the work

Handle To Rim Width 10.6 cm
Decoration

Materials used in production

Glaze
Bone china

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Bone china, moulded, decorated with a multi-colour print
Glazing

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: AYNSELY is written on a ribbon with folded ends

  • Text: EST. a crown 1775/AYNSLEY/MADE IN IN ENGLAND/FINE ENGLISH BONE CHINA
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Printed in green
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: 1900. To Commemorate H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother’s Eightieth Birthday 1980
  • Location: Inside the rim of mug
  • Method of creation: Printed in brown
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: THE QUEEN MOTHER
  • Location: On exterior
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.41-2007
Primary reference Number: 157295
Entry form number: 978
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 July 2020 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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