Current Location: In storage
Titles
Mug commemorating the Silver Jubilee of George V
Maker(s)
Factory:
Alfred Meakin
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: Uncertain before donor
Legal notes
Given by Duncan Robinson, MA
Measurements and weight
Height: 10.5 cm
Place(s) associated
-
Tunstall
⪼ Staffordshire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(2007-10-08)
by
Robinson, Duncan
Dating
20th Century, second quarter#
George V
Production date:
AD 1935
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, yellow, pink, red)
ceramic printing colour
( brown)
gold
Rim
Diameter 9.8 cm
Handle-rim
Width 12.7 cm
Materials used in production
Glaze
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Moulding
Glazing
Inscription or legends present
Inscription present: the words are arranged in a circle around the crown
- Text: a crown surrounded by .ALFRED MEAKIN. ENGLAND
- Location: On base
- Method of creation: Printed in green
- Type: Factory mark
- Text: ENGLAND
- Location: On based
- Method of creation: Impressed
- Type: Mark
- Text: HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE
- Location: On front ON RIBBON
- Method of creation: Printed in brown
- Type: Inscription
- Text: H.M. QUEEN MARY H.M. KING GEORGE V
- Location: On front
- Method of creation: Printed in brown
- Type: Inscription
- Text: . SILVER JUBILEE./1910 1935
- Location: On front
- Method of creation: Printed in blue
- Type: Inscription
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.37-2007
Primary reference Number: 157289
Entry form: 978
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 22 August 2017
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
