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Royal Souvenir dish - Birth of Prince William 1982

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Royal Worcester

1982

Subcollections

Royal Memorabilia

Souvenirs

Overview

Two items:

1. round dish. In the centre is an image of a cherub wrapped with blue ribbon. Background is a blue bird and flowers. Around the image is a yellow border with words inside in black text. Gilded gold on rim of dish.

2. original blue box and lid, with gold logo, and text. There is also a round white sticker on top of lid with blue text. Inside lid is further gold lettering.

Historical information

Prince William was born on June 21, 1982 at 9:03 pm at St Mary's Hospital in London. He was the first child of Charles, Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, and made history as the first direct heir to the British throne to be born in a hospital.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2026.183

Item type

Accessories

Crockery

Souvenirs

Themes

Material

Bone China

Cardboard

Weight

113 g

Inscriptions and markings

Item 1 -
Front of dish: "To commemorate the birth of the first child of The Prince and Princess of Wales"
Underneath dish: "HRH Prince William of Wales. Born the twenty first of June 1982. Royal Worcester. Fine Bone China. Made in England. 51"

Item 2 -
On top of lid: "Royal Worcester", and also a sticker "Royal Birth 1982"
Inside lid: "Made in England"

Keywords

British Royal Family

Commemoration

Royal Souvenirs

William Prince of Wales

Place made

Worcester, England, United Kingdom

Year

1982

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance