COFFEE POT - ROYAL DEVON

c. 1904 - 1975
Overview

Conical shaped coffee pot, which splays out to a rounded bottom with a flat base. At top one wide of pot lip forms a U shaped spout. On opposite side gold glazed ear shaped handle.
Body of pot covered with raised moulded shell decoration outlined with gold glaze.
Body of pot glazed cream. On sides are coloured floral transfer of pink, blue and light blue flowers with green foliage.
On bottom of pot is the makers mark. A brown crown with text above and under the crown.

Historical information

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.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-AK1975.122A
Material
Width
150 mm
Height or length
215 mm
Depth
183 mm
Inscriptions and markings

Makers mark [S.F. & Co /ENGLAND / ROYAL DEVON]

Statement of significance

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.

Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Object’s condition or completeness
Rare or representative
Well provenanced
City of Armadale - History House

City of Armadale - History House

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