Vase commemorating the Marriage of HRH Princess Elizabeth to Liutenant Philip Mountbatten, RN
Factory:
Minton
Designer:
Wadsworth, John
Bone china, slip cast, printed underglaze in blue, and gilt
Bone china, slip-cast, printed underglaze in blue and gilded. The vase stands on a circular straight-sided foot. The sides are set in from its edge, and rise upwards and slightly outwards and then curve inwards to the circular mouth. The sides have eight alternately receding and projecting facets. The shoulders are decorated with panels printed in reserve in blue with the words ‘.ELIZABETH.’ ‘.& PHILIP.’ ‘.MARRIED.’ ‘.NOV.20TH 1947’. These alternative with panels of roses and foliage. The sides have spaced rows of the initials EP in gold., and on the underside of the base in gold is an inscription, ‘THE MARRIAGE OF H.R.H./PRINCESS ELIZABETH/TO LIEUT. PHILIP.MOUNTBATTEN/R.N.’ surrounding the factory’s backstamp.
History note: Hope and Glory, 131a Kensington Church Street, London, W8 7LP; private collection
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Height: 23 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2006-07-17) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
20th Century, Mid
George VI
Production date:
AD 1947
: dated
Although this vase was made after the Second World War, it is still in the Art Deco style
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
gold
Base
Width 12.8 cm
Slip casting
: Bone china, slip cast, printed underglaze in blue, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.31-2006
Primary reference Number: 131315
Entry form number: 818
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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