SOVERIGN POTTERIES ROYALTY COMMEMORATIVE JUMBO CUP AND SAUCER

This Wonderful Coronation Royalty Commemorative Jumbo Cup & Saucer depicts The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953.

The saucer measures 7” Diameter; the Cup measures 4 1/2” Diameter by 3” High. It is partial transfer print with a dash of hand painting to the rich royal colors of cobalt blue, red, sepia and yellow.

Both the cup and saucer have a gold gilded edge. The medium of pottery for this transfer print is earthenware. The Back Stamp or Cartouche Mark is of a Maple Leaf with “Sovereign Potteries” inscribed within the maple leaf stating “Made in Canada”.

COMMENT: This Attractive Jumbo Cup & Saucer is a Fantastic Royalty Commemorative which is worthy of any Royalty Collection!  

CONDITION: Excellent! All of the transfer and hand painting is in tact, as is the gold gilding.

HISTORY OF SOVERIGN POTTERIES

Very little is known about this pottery factory. As far as we know, Sovereign Potteries was a decorating & pottery factory located in Hamilton, Ontario that possibly imported many of their blanks from English factories for decoration. As far as we know, they did not produce great amounts pottery but rather decorated imported blanks for Canadian distribution. This is from a recollection from one of the British Antique Roadshows when they had an exhibit of some royalty dessert plates made or decorated by this factory which they considered to be fairly scarce and appraised at a handsome price some several years ago.

From further research, we gather that Johnson Bros. of England bought out controlling interests and the factory closed in 1947.