On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Cup and Saucer

ca. 1910 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bone china with transfers printed in green, bearing the emblem of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Bone china with printed transfers
Brief description
Cup and saucer from tea set, with emblem of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), H.M. Williamson & Sons, Bridge Pottery, Longton, ca.1910, bone china with transfers printed in green
Physical description
Bone china with transfers printed in green, bearing the emblem of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU).
Dimensions
  • C.37 d 1972 diameter: 124mm (Note: measurement taken from Disobedient Object exhbition condition report for saucer)
  • C.37 c 1972 height: 67mm (Note: value taken from Disobedient objects condition report for the cup)
Gallery label
(16/07/2008)
Part of a tea set Plate, milk jug, slop basin cup,and saucer. depicting emblems of the Suffragette movement
made by H.M. Williamson & Sons, Bridge Pottery, Longton, Staffordshire c.1910
Bone china with transfers printed in green.

C37&A,B,C,D-1972 Miss F.B. Rintel Bequest
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss F. B. Rintel
Historical context
The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a militant women's suffrage society active from 1903-1914.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Cooks and Campaigners Compendium. London: The Women's Library, 2002, pp7, 14.
Collection
Accession number
C.37C, D-1972

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Record createdJuly 16, 2008
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