Liberty Queen's Ware Cup and Saucer
Object Details
- commissioner
- Taylor, Lillian Gary
- Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
- Description (Brief)
- Ivory-colored ceramic cup and saucer with the "Liberty" motif consisting of a center shield with the American Stars and Stripes surrounded by eleven Allied flags from World War I, including (from left to right) Cuba, Romania, Montenegro, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Russia, Japan, Portugal, and Serbia. Lillian Gary Taylor designed and sold Liberty China and Queen's Ware to raise funds to support charitable relief organizations during WWI.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Dr. Victor Polikoff and Mrs. Muriel Polikoff
- April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
- ID Number
- 1980.0790.01ab
- accession number
- 1980.0790
- catalog number
- 1980.0790.01ab
- Object Name
- cup
- saucer
- Physical Description
- polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
- shield, laurel wreath, and flags (joint piece description of decoration)
- shield, laurel wreath, and flags (overall description of decoration)
- ceramic, earthenware, refined (cup material)
- ceramic, earthenware, refined (saucer material)
- gilt (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- cup: 2 7/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.19125 cm x 12.065 cm x 9.8425 cm
- saucer: 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 14.605 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
- Related Publication
- Taylor, Lillian Gary. Liberty China and Queen’s Ware: Manufactured and Sold Solely for the Benefit of Various Allied War Charities
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
- Liberty China
- Military
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- web subject
- Women's History
- general subject association
- Charity Organizations
- decorative motif
- coat-of-arms
- Flags
- web subject
- Fund Raising
- decorative motif
- Liberty
- Patriotic
- web subject
- Tea Drinking
- Subject
- World War I
- related event
- World War I
- Record ID
- nmah_596475
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-17bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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