LID, COFFEE POT - ROYAL DEVON
c. 1904 - 1975Dome shaped lid with a squared mushroom shaped handle in middle glazed gold.
Edge of lid decorated with raised moulded shell decoration outlined with gold glaze.
Top of lid decorated with a coloured floral transfer of pink, blue and light blue flowers with green foliage.
Lid has been broken and repaired.
Wedding present to Donald and Eveline Urquhart who were married in Boulder 21/11/1904. The tea pot was made in the town of Stoke in the United Kingdom by S. Fielding & Co between 1891 and 1904. In 1905 Jean Eveline Urquhart was born, the first of three children to Donald and Eveline. Their youngest Edith was born in Subiaco in 1914.
Jean would marry Percy William Attwater in 1927 in West Perth before moving to Kelmscott possibly in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
In 1932 Jeans Mother passed away age 48. Her father, Donald passes away in 1954. During this time the tea pot is passed onto Jean who treasures it in her Bernard Street home in Kelmscott.
In 1967 Percy passed away age 71. Jean continued to live in the district and by 1972 had remarried, and was living with Herbert William Drain on John Street in Armadale. Jean passed away in Armadale in 1986 age 81.
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This object is part of a collection with provenance that represents the type of items that were used by individuals and families in their daily life. These objects can range from items used every day through to special objects that were treasured and brought out for special occasions. This collection also represents the type of objects that were once commonly used in the home and over time and have either gone out of fashion or evolved in design, material or into a different type of object that does a similar function.
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