Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Plate

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Wedgewood Queens Ware

c. 2002

Subcollections

Overview

Blue and white Wedgewood dinner plate that created to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It is the traditional wedgewood blue and white colouring, a photo of Queen Elizabeth in the centre and the patterning includes royal iconology.

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-124-2024.48

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

9 in

Depth

0.5000 in

Inscriptions and markings

The top rim shows the wording
TO CELEBRATE THE GOLDEN JUBILEE OF

The bottom rim shows the wording
QUEEN ELIZABETH II

The upper central cream band shows
1952

The lower central cream band shows
2002

The underside of the plate shows the Wedgewood insignia followed by
WEDGEWOOD ®
ENGLAND 1759
QUEENS WARE ®
THIS PLATE HAS BEEN
SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED FOR
DAILY MAIL (logo)
DAILY MAIL ON SUNDAY (logo)

Keywords

Place made

Stoke-on-Kent
Staffordshire
United Kingdom

Year

c. 2002

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Busselton Historical Society