Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Mug

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c. 1953

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Overview

Cream handled china mug with transferware celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953. The imagery on the transferware includes a central oval image of a golden profile of the queen (without a crown) against a light blue background. This image is surrounded by a dark blue band with gold edging and latin wording contained within. To the left is the Royal Standard and to the right is the Union Jack and English roses below. Above the central image is the royal crown and above this wording. Below the central image is a light blue ribbon with wording.

Historical information

Elizabeth II was born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary on 21 April 1926, the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, who became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the abdication of Edward VIII. She was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death 8 September 2022. She was queen regnant of 32 sovereign states over the course of her lifetime and remained the monarch of 15 realms by the time of her death. Her reign of over 70 years is the longest of any British monarch, the longest of any female monarch, and the second longest verified reign of any monarch of a sovereign state in history.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2024.75

Item type

Cups

Souvenirs

Material

Bone China

Width

8 cm

Depth

8 cm

Themes

Social History

Inscriptions and markings

Topmost wording is

CORONATION JUNE 2nd 1953

The latin wording contained in the dark blue oval band is the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter which means "shamed be whoever thinks ill of it"

HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE

The wording beneath the imagery states

H.M QUEEN ELIZABETH II

The base of the mug shows a makers mark which resembles the Grimwade mark but which has been partially obscured by the BRITISH POTTERY MANUFACTURERS FEDERATION OFFICIAL DESIGN mark.

Contextual Information

Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne, at the age of 25, on the death of her father King George VI on the 6th February 1952. Elizabeth was crowned as the queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms on June 2nd 1953 at Westminster Abbey. Preparations for the coronation took over a year, it was the first British coronation to be fully televised when cameras were allowed inside the abbey for the first time and the event was estimated to have cost £1.57 million.

The British Pottery Manufacturers Federation was founded in 1919 and continued to trade until early 1995 when the company was dissolved as a result of its activities becoming fully incorporated within the British Ceramic Confederation. The design for this mug was approved by The British Pottery Manufacturers Federation and then circulated to approved Potters.

Keywords

Queen Elizabeth II

Coronation Queen Elizabeth Ii

British Royal Family

Place made

Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
United Kingdom

Year

c. 1953

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society

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