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This Month: Coronation Memorabilia<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n
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Sixty-nine years ago this month, Her Majesty The Queen was crowned at Westminster Abbey, as have all English and British monarchs bar two before her \u2013 since William the Conqueror in 1066. Despite the unfavourable weather that day, the historic event passed without a hitch. An estimated 27 million people across the land watched the coronation on television \u2013a rst for the medium and, for many of the viewers, a further rst as, during the 1950s, television sets were notoriously expensive.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

Today, coronation memorabilia is avidly collected. Enthusiasm for the subject began in the 1960s, with increasing interest in the Royal Family fuelled by television, press and mass media. Yet the earliest royal commemorative ceramics date back to the 17th century; historians think that Charles II was the rst monarch to have had his coronation commemorated on a piece of china. Surviving examples are, of course, rare, commanding top prices when they come up for sale at auction. A 1660 English del \u2018blue-dash\u2019 charger (celebrating the restoration of the monarchy) sold for \u00a3105,000 at Roseberys in 2011. A similar charger for William III\u2019s coronation in 1690 sold for \u00a37,800 at Drewea s in 2017. And a delightful Bristol \u2018blue-dash\u2019 charger, depicting a naive George II in coronation robes, sold for \u00a37,600 at Duke\u2019s in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

More a ordable are the mugs commemorating the coronation of Queen Victoria in 1838. Read & Clementson produced pre y pearlware transferprinted mugs with a portrait of Victoria on one side, and her mother, The Duchess of Kent, on the other. <\/span>Another collectable piece is the Swansea purple transfer coronation mug, depicting Victoria as a girlish queen, with hair in ringlets and a daringly lowcut dress. A mug in ne condition sold for \u00a3620 at Anthemion Auctions in 2007. In 1897, W. M. Robinson of Wolverhampton mass-produced an inexpensive enamel beaker for Queen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee; and similar beakers were made for the coronations of Edward VII in 1902 and George V in 1911. These are comparable to the legendary and highly collectable \u2018Cup of Sorrows\u2019, produced by the Bohemian rm of B. G. Go lieb for the coronation of the ill-fated Russian Tsar Nicholas II in 1896. They appear regularly at auction with an estimate in the region of \u00a3150\u2013\u00a3200.<\/p>\n\n

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London delft royal portrait blue-dash charger, c1690, painted with the crowned standing figure of King William III dressed in coronation robes sold for \u00a37,800 at Dreweatts in 2017; two rare Swansea coronation mugs (one shown), c1838, sold at Bonhams in 2016. Dreweatts; Bonhams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

In the last century, artist Eric Ravilious (1903\u20131942) created several coronation designs for Wedgwood, which were transfer-printed onto mugs. His ceramics have become increasingly collectable in recent years, and prices have risen. Wedgwood produced a mug for Edward VIII\u2019s coronation in 1937, which, following the abdication, never took place. The design shows a Royal Coat of Arms enlivened by a reworks display, with blue and yellow colouring and Edward\u2019s cypher and crown within. When Edward\u2019s younger brother succeeded the throne as George VI, it was a relatively straightforward process for Wedgwood to transfer the Edward VIII design to the George VI mug, but with the colourways in two versions: blue and yellow (as before) plus eau-de-nil and burnt orange.<\/p>\n\n

Wedgwood used Ravilious\u2019s original design for its 1953 Elizabeth II coronation mug, this time in pink and yellow. These mugs are frequently found and sell for \u00a3150\u2013\u00a3250 at auction. Wedgwood also produced a design by Richard Guya (1914\u20132007) featuring the Lion and the Unicorn, enamelled and lustred in pink and gilt, with the mo o \u2018God Save The Queen\u2019. These can be bought at auction for less than \u00a3100. I\u2019m also taken by the charming bone china nursery tea set produced by Foley to celebrate the coronation of George VI. The cups, saucers and side plates are decorated with the coronation procession, Gold State Coach, bunting in bright colours and banners declaring \u2018Long Live the King\u2019. Expect to pay \u00a320\u2013\u00a330 at auction, plus buyer\u2019s premium, for a single mug.<\/p>\n\n

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Luke Honey is an antiques dealer and writer. Find out more at <\/span>lukehoney.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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