A commemorative enamel beaker produced to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
1897
Materials
Enamel
Measurements
92 mm (height); 77 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Austria
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662893
Summary
A commemorative enamel beaker produced to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. It is decorated with oval shaped foliate designs in red, blue and cream paint. Inside these oval designs are two portraits of Queen Victoria, one dated 1837, the other 1897. In between these oval designs are shield shaped designs. Inside one is written: ‘THE QUEEN'S EARLIEST RESOLVE I 'WILL BE GOOD”. Inside the other is written: ‘BOROUGH OF DERBY 20TH June 1897 SIR THOMAS-ROE KT. MAYOR’. This beaker is identical to that in record 662892.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of beaker: MADE IN AUSTRIA