The Albert Tazza
Tazza
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Tazza depicting Prince Albert and his achievements on the occasion of the 1862 International Exhibition, Copeland, 1862-3, Stoke-on-Trent
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Albert Tazza |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain, transfer-printed |
| Brief description | Tazza depicting Prince Albert and his achievements on the occasion of the 1862 International Exhibition, Copeland, 1862-3, Stoke-on-Trent |
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| Marks and inscriptions | The design celebrates Prince Albert's achievements in the fields of art, science, and education, interspersed with building schemes in which he was involved. The whole is bordered by text from a speech the Prince presented on 18 May 1848 to the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring classes, of which he was President. |
| Object history | The design for this tazza was produced in 1862 for the International Exhibition in London, and was one of the few objects commemorating Prince Albert to have been displayed at the exhibition. Later the design was taken up by the Art Union of London, who produced copies of the tazza and presented these as prizes to the subscribers of the Union in 1863. A tazza in a different colour-way, of green and red transfer-print, was presented to Queen Victoria from the Art Union and is now in the Royal Collection. In principle Queen Victoria disliked memorial images of the late Prince on everyday objects. However she is known to have praised this piece as a good example of printing on ceramic. |
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| Bibliographic reference | See Ceramics and Glass Collection Object Information file |
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| Accession number | 715-1899 |
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| Record created | May 25, 1999 |
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