Georgian Staffordshire pink lustre cup in memory of Princess Charlotte, 1817

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Very rare antique Princess Charlotte Royal commemorative Staffordshire tea cup. Decorated with puce lustre bands, black transfer prints to the front, depicting Britannia mourning at a tomb with the motto "TO THE MEMORY OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE", a globe and weeping angels.

Unknown maker (possibly Staffordshire or Liverpool)
English, circa 1817

5.3 cm height
8 cm diameter

Antique restorations, wear to lustre border, yellowing to body.  

Very rare antique Princess Charlotte Royal commemorative Staffordshire tea cup. Decorated with puce lustre bands, black transfer prints to the front, depicting Britannia mourning at a tomb with the motto "TO THE MEMORY OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE", a globe and weeping angels.

Unknown maker (possibly Staffordshire or Liverpool)
English, circa 1817

5.3 cm height
8 cm diameter

Antique restorations, wear to lustre border, yellowing to body.  

Princess Charlotte was the only child of George, the Prince Regent and Caroline, Princess of Wales and grand-daughter of George III. She was thus in direct succession to the throne and, had she lived, would have taken the throne in place of Queen Victoria. In 1816 she married Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and the happy couple were soon expecting an eagerly anticipated child. She tragically died in childbirth on 5 November 1817, prompting a huge outpouring of public grief.

An identical cup can be found on display in the V&A, Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, Case 13, Shelf 1 (V&A Musem Number C.19&A-1970 (Given by Mrs Ethel Q. Weller))