{"product_id":"5-29-draft-antique-queen-victoria-diamond-jubilee-mug","title":"Antique Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Loving Cup","description":"\u003cp\u003eProduced as a souvenir to celebrate the grand jubilee year of Queen Victoria, this rare Antique Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Loving Cup has been a cherished collectible for more than 125 years. A dainty and charmingly stylized rendering interpreted by the artist from an iconic portrait, depicts Queen Victoria posed regally in her traditional mourning cap and crown within a darling cameo topped by a heraldic crest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn either side of the central medallion architectural representations feature London and Windsor as well as a sweet pink banner commemorating the jubilee with the dates '1837 To 1897.' Below the portrait, the Queen's style 'VR' along with the phrase 'God Save the Queen' has been embellished in soft tones of rose and lavender. Surrounding the profusion of hand-painted imagery, colorful English roses, Scottish thistle and Irish clover visually extend the imagery outwards to the cup's lovely gilt-accented handles. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHighlighted with gleaming trim at the rim and base as well as the handles, the loving cup is a gleaming treasure. On the reverse, the Imperial State crown, two globes and intertwined flags feature highlighted imagery of the British Empire in the year 1897, along with a regal banner proclaiming 'The Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis cheerfully rendered loving cup celebrating the 1897 Jubilee Year of Queen Victoria is a rare and charming example of a less stately, more feminine style of royal memorabilia. With its soft colors and lovely silhouette, it promises to become an extra special addition to any collection. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStrictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. In good antique condition with light crazing to the pottery commensurate with age. Please see alternate images. Cup measures 4.75\" W at base (7.25\"W from handle to handle) x 4.5\"H x 4.25\" in diameter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eLearn More About Queen Victoria\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQueen Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from June 20, 1837 until her death on January 22, 1901. From May 1, 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVictoria was born on May 24, 1819 and was the daughter of Prince Edward, the fourth son of King George III. In a twist of fate, both her father and the King died in 1820, and Victoria was raised under close supervision by her very strict German-born mother Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. On June 20, 1837, Victoria's uncle King William IV died at the age of 71, and at the very young age of 18, Victoria became Queen.  In her diary she wrote, \"I was awoke at 6 o'clock by Mamma, who told me the Archbishop of Canterbury and Lord Conyngham were here and wished to see me. I got out of bed and went into my sitting-room (only in my dressing gown) and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ealone\u003c\/i\u003e, and saw them. Lord Conyngham then acquainted me that my poor Uncle, the King, was no more, and had expired at 12 minutes past 2 this morning, and consequently that\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eam\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQueen\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe United Kingdom was already an established constitutional monarchy, in which the Sovereign held relatively few direct political powers. Privately, Victoria attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVictoria married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. By all accounts a happy union, their nine children married into royal and noble families across the continent, tying them together and earning Victoria the nickname \"the grandmother of Europe\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter Albert's early death in 1861, Victoria plunged into deep mourning for the remainder of her life, choosing to wear black and having a special crown fashioned that would allow her widow's cap (head veil) to remain in place for royal engagements. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe 60th anniversary of her reign, her Diamond Jubilee, was a time of joyous public celebration on June 22, 1897. Queen Victoria had surpassed her grandfather King George III as the longest-reigning British monarch on 23 September 1896, an event she marked privately at Balmoral Castle.  Writing in her journal, she reflected \"People wished to make all sorts of demonstrations, which I asked them not to do until I had completed the sixty years next June.\" The Diamond Jubilee became a historic opportunity to celebrate Victoria's status as longest-reigning monarch, in addition to marking 60 years on the throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the anniversary date of her accession, 78 year-old Victoria once again reflected in her journal: \"This eventful day, 1897 has opened, and I pray God to help and protect me as He has hitherto done these sixty long eventful years! I feel sad at the new losses I have sustained... God will surely help me on! How well I remember this day sixty years ago when I was called from my bed by dear Mama to receive the news of my accession!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUntil the record-setting service of Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria's reign of 63 years and seven months was the longest of any other British monarch and the longest of any female monarch in history.  Still referred to today as the Victorian era, it was a period of vast industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P.O.S.H.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43255851352177,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0165\/2136\/files\/AntiqueQueenVictoriaDiamondJubileeLovingCup-1.jpg?v=1779820595","url":"https:\/\/poshchicago.com\/products\/5-29-draft-antique-queen-victoria-diamond-jubilee-mug","provider":"P.O.S.H.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}