three handled cup; handles equidistant from each other. crest 1: the shield is squared classic shape with a red background. a two towered castle dominates the shield sitting on green land with a stairwell descending in the middle down the bottom of the shield. on the right side of the shield is a deer striding towards the shield on its hind legs, the front legs helping to support the shield. on the left side of the shield is a woman in a light blue dress, tied at the waist. she wears a dark blue cape that extends to her feet and a little on the handle to her left. she has long brown hair and her left arm rests on the top of the shield. each figure is standing on a filigree line that loops back underneath itself. written in the lines is the town name "Edinburgh". above the shield is a yellow anchor with a rope twisted around it sitting on a red and purple diagonally striped bar. above the anchor is a scrolling yellow ribbon with the Latin phrase "Nisi Dominus Frustra". crest 2: the classic shield is orange with a tree and bird perched on top, a swing hangs from the branch and an upside-down fish at the foot. the shield rests on a yellow filigree stand that expands to the side where a fish on the either side stands on their tails (stomach facing shield). above the shield is a knight's helmet trimmed in yellow. out each side are filigree leaves in blues and purples. standing on the helmet is a bishop wearing a white robe trimmed in yellow. a staff is held in his left hand and his right hand is raised holding up two fingers, his hat is red. beneath all hanging from the shield stand in four places is a magenta ribbon with "Let Glasgow Flourish". on the third side is a large leaved thistle, with purple blooms. made by Carlton China, owned by Wiltshaw and Robinson, dated ca. 1914-1930.
Donor:
University Art Museum (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
England
Verbatim coll. place:
England
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ceramic (material), Paint (coating), and Porcelain (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
souvenir
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters, diameter 3.9 centimeters, and height 3.9 centimeters