Mug celebrating the Queen Mother’s 80th birthday
Factory: Aynsley China Ltd
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.
History note: Uncertain before donor
Given by Duncan Robinson, MA
Diameter: 8.2 cm
Height: 8.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2007-10-08) by Robinson, Duncan
20th Century, Late#
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1980
: dated
Handle To Rim
Width 10.6 cm
Decoration
Moulding
: Bone china, moulded, decorated with a multi-colour print
Glazing
Inscription present: AYNSELY is written on a ribbon with folded ends
Accession number: C.41-2007
Primary reference Number: 157295
Entry form number: 978
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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