Mug commemorating the Silver Jubilee of George V
Factory: Alfred Meakin
White earthenware glazed, and transfer-printed and enamelled with portraits of H.M. Queen Mary and H.M King George V, flags and coats-of arms, titled above 'SILER JUBILEE/1910 1935'
White earthenware with clear glaze, transfer-printed in brown and painted in blue, yellow, pink and red enamels. Cylindrical with a three-sided angular handle. Decorated on the front with the Royal Arms with a crown above, flanked by oval brown stippled photographic portrait medallions of H.M. Queen Mary and H. M. King George V, titled in capital lettes on ribbons below. The Queen's portrait is supported by a lion and a Union Jack, and the King's by a Unicorn and a Union Jack. Below there are scrolls and four shields of arms, and above, imposed over part of a yellow sun, the motto HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE on a ribbon, and over that in blue, '. SILVER JUBILEE ./1910 1935'. On the other side there is a small motif incorporating a crown and stylized yellow foliage with '1910 SILVER JUBILEE 1935' on a wavy ribbon, and on a panel below 'COMMEMORATION' . A gold line encircles the rim, and there is a line of gold down the back of the handle.
History note: Uncertain before donor
Given by Duncan Robinson, MA
Height: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-10-08) by Robinson, Duncan
20th Century, second quarter#
George V
Production date:
AD 1935
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, yellow, pink, red)
ceramic printing colour
( brown)
gold
Rim
Diameter 9.8 cm
Handle-rim
Width 12.7 cm
Inscription present: the words are arranged in a circle around the crown
Accession number: C.37-2007
Primary reference Number: 157289
Entry form: 978
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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