Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Plate

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Hornsea Pottery

c. 1977

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Overview

White china dinner plate with a brown band on its outer rim and transferware celebrating the 1977 silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The white centre of the plate features a coloured British Coat of Arms. The under side of the plate is brown

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-124-2024.86

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

6 cm

Depth

2 cm

Inscriptions and markings

Under the image of the Coat of Arms is the motto of the monarch of the United Kingdom which means 'God and my right'

DIEU ET MON DROIT

Below the motto of the monarch appears

QUEEN ELIZABETH II
1952 SILVER JUBILEE 1977

On the underside of the late the circular makers mark
THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE
1977
HORNSEA ENGLAND

Contextual Information

The silver jubilee was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades throughout the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth throughout 1977, culminating in June with the official "Jubilee Days", which coincided with the Queen's Official Birthday. The anniversary date itself was commemorated in church services across the land on 6 February 1977, and continued to be for the rest of that month. In March, preparations started for large parties in every major city of the United Kingdom, as well as for smaller ones for countless individual streets throughout the country.

Hornsea Pottery was founded in 1949 by brothers Colin and Desmond Rawson, and quickly grew from being a purveyor of tourist trinkets to the largest studio pottery in the world, employing over 700 people.

Keywords

Place made

Hornsea
Yorkshire
United Kingdom

Year

c. 1977

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance