King Edward VII Coronation Mug

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c. 1902

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Overview

A cream china mug with a gold drinking rim and featuring transferware on both sides of the handle celebrating the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. The imagery to the left of the handle has a central oval sepia image of King Edward and Queen Alexandra which has a gold border. To the left of the border is the Union Jack, to the right the Royal Standard, above a gold and purple crown with some purple drapery and below english roses with a gold ribbon with wording. The image to the right of the handle is a picture of Britannia seated at the coastline holding a trident and a Union Jack shield.

Historical information

Edward VII was born Albert Edward on 9 November 1841, the second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was nicknamed "Bertie" and was related to most of the European royal families. While Edward was the Prince of Wales, a period of almost 60 years, he had little political influence and came to personify the fashionable, idle elite, which disappointed his mother. His marriage to Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 produced six children and the Prince and Princess of Wales travelled extensively, both home and abroad, performing ceremonial public duties for Queen Victoria.

When Queen Victoria died in 22 January 1901, Edward became the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India until his death in 1910. He was 61 when he was crowned on 26th June 1902. Edward was succeeded by his only surviving son, George V.

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cwa-org-124-2024.76

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Width

8 cm

Depth

8 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Above the central image of King Edward and Queen Alexandra is the wording

JUNE 24th 1902.

In the gold ribbon below the central image of King Edward and Queen Alexandra is the wording

A SOUVENIR OF THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA

Within the Britannia image is embedded the wording

RULE BRITANIA

Contextual Information

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra were crowned as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions at Westminster Abbey on 9 August 1902. The coronation was originally scheduled for the 26th June but had to be postponed at the last minute when the King required surgery on an abdominal abscess. The coronation was planned as a spectacle reflecting the glory of the British empire in contrast to the austerity of the later years of Queen Victoria’s reign.

The period of Edward’s reign became known as the Edwardian era and coincided with the start of the 20th Century and some major societal changes including, but not restricted to steam propulsion and socialism. When he died Britain was facing a constitutional crisis which was resolved by the Parliament Act 1911, which restricted the power of the House of Lords.

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Busselton Historical Society

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