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Two Handled Loving Cup: C.21-2000

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Two Handled Loving Cup

Maker(s)

Pottery: Griselda Hill Pottery
Decorator: Weeks, Esther

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Description

Pale cream earthenware, painted over clear glaze in blue, bluish-green, dark green, dark pink, purple, and black enamels. Cylindrical, with slightly splayed base and ear-shaped handles. On the front there are the script initials ER in monogram below a crown, flanked by '1900' and '2000', with below, a dark pink rose and dark green leaves on a stem branchjing to right and left, and bearing three roses on each side, two thistles on the left and one on the right, and behind them on each side, a spray of forget-me-knots. On the other side, there is a central dark pink rose and dark green leaves on a stem branching to right and left, with two roses and a thistle on each, and behind them, a spray of forget-me-knots. There is a broad bluish-geen band round the rim, a narrow horizontal band below the flowers, and a row of scallops round the base. The handles have bluish-green lines down the sides, and three horizontal strokes of graduated size across the top, repeated in reverse order below. The base is inscribed in black enamel 'In Celebration of the/100th Birthday/of/Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth/The Queen Mother'.

Notes

History note: Acquired from the Griselda Hill pottery by the donor, who is the mother of the proprietor

Legal notes

Given by Mrs Phillipa Hill

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 12 cm
Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 20 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Kirkbrae ⪼ Fife ⪼ Scotland

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2000-11-20) by Hill, Philippa, Mrs

Dating

21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date: dated AD 2000

Note

In 1930, the Wemyss Ware brand was bought by Bovey Pottery in Bovey Tracey, Devon, where it was produced until 1957. In 1985 Griselda Hill revived the style and the name, and employed Esther Weeks who had trained as a decorator at Bovey Tracey under Karel’s son Joseph Nekola. It is still in production at her pottery in Ceres, Fife.

Wemyss Ware is highly collectable and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother held one of the largest collections. The design of this commemorative piece follows the style of the earliest pieces, with the cabbage rose design, cream-white background and blue-green line around the rim and handles.

Wemyss Ware was introduced in 1882 by Robert Heron at the Gallatown Pottery in Kirkacaldy, Fife; his designers, recruited from across Europe, included Karel Nekola from Bohemia,. Wemyss Ware typically features hand-painted naturalistic under-glaze decoration, such as wildlife, fruit and flowers (particularly the cabbage rose), and is found in animal form (notably cats and pigs) as well as functional items.

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Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, bluish-green, dark green, dark pink, purple, and black)
Body
Handles

Materials used in production

clear Glaze
pale cream Earthenware

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Wemyss ESTHER WEEKS Griselda Hill Pottery Wemyss 30/100 MM
  • Location: On base round edge
  • Method of creation: Inscribed in black
  • Type: Factory mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.21-2000
Primary reference Number: 73140
Entry Form number: 142
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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