Commemorative mug for the Federation of Australia in 1901

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Type: Commemorative mugs
Date: 1900 - 1901
Place: England, United Kingdom; Australia
Materials: China
Collection: David Westcott collection no. 3
Accession number: 2001.0031.0002

Description

Souvenir china mug printed with 'Rose and Waratah' pattern green decorations, designed by John Slater and John Shorter. "AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION 1901" is in a scroll below a vignette of Queen Victoria, flanked by an Australian infantryman, or a Light Horseman on foot, who is wearing a slouch hat, and a British infantryman who is wearing a pith helmet. A quote by Joseph Chamberlain, "MAY THE UNION BETWEEN THE COLONIES / AND THE MOTHER-LAND, NOW / CEMENTED BY THEIR BLOOD, BE FOR / EVER MAINTAINED" is in a banner behind the handle, and there are also vignettes of Lord Hopetoun, Sir Henry Parkes, and the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. The mark of Doulton Burslem Ware is in green on the base.

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