After Edward VIII abdicated, British merchants scrambled to replace all of the Coronation items that they were selling for Edward with items bearing the likeness of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother). Happily, in my collection, I have a number of both George VI and Edward VIII objects. However, I don’t have this one.
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Mug
Earthenware
Tuscan China, 1937
Photo by Marcus Adams, 1934
Acquired by Queen Mary, 1937
The Royal Collection |
Produced in 1937, this coronation mug was created as an upscale souvenir and wasn’t meant to be used on a daily basis like many of the others. This mug is special in that it shows the King and Queen’s two young children, Princess Margaret Rose and Princess Elizabeth. Of course, we know that Princess Elizabeth would grow up to have a variety of her own coronation mugs when she was crowned Queen in 1953.
Another thing that makes this little cup special—aside from the attractive portrait of the little princesses by Marcus Adams—is the fact that it was purchased and added to the Royal Collection by the girls’ grandmother, then-Queen Mother, Mary of Teck. “May” was quite devoted to her family and has a special fondness for her granddaughters, so I find it very sweet that she took the time to obtain this item for her own collection.
1 comment:
If only Queen Mary were still around to make a buying trip to the U.S., our economy would turn around in a heartbeat.
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