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Two Handled Loving Cup
Pottery:
Griselda Hill Pottery
Decorator:
Weeks, Esther
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'.
History note: Acquired from the Griselda Hill pottery by the donor, who is the mother of the proprietor
Given by Mrs Phillipa Hill
Diameter: 12 cm
Height: 12.4 cm
Width: 20 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (2000-11-20) by Hill, Philippa, Mrs
21st Century, Early
Elizabeth II
Production date:
dated
AD 2000
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.
Decoration
composed of
enamel
( blue, bluish-green, dark green, dark pink, purple, and black)
Body
Handles
clear
Glaze
pale cream
Earthenware
Accession number: C.21-2000
Primary reference Number: 73140
Entry Form number: 142
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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