Liberty Queen's Ware Cup and Saucer
date: label: date made
content: April 6, 1917 - November 11, 1918
name: label: commissioner
content: Taylor, Lillian Gary
label: maker
content: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Ivory-colored ceramic cup and saucer with the "Liberty" motif consisting of a center shield with the American Stars and Stripes surrounded by eleven Allied flags from World War I, including (from left to right) Cuba, Romania, Montenegro, Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, France, Russia, Japan, Portugal, and Serbia. Lillian Gary Taylor designed and sold Liberty China and Queen's Ware to raise funds to support charitable relief organizations during WWI.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Staffordshire
topic: label: web subject
content: Women's History
label: general subject association
content: Charity Organizations
label: decorative motif
content: coat-of-arms
label: decorative motif
content: Flags
label: web subject
content: Fund Raising
label: decorative motif
content: Liberty
label: decorative motif
content: Patriotic
label: web subject
content: Tea Drinking
label: Subject
content: World War I
label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Liberty China
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content: Military
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Taylor, Lillian Gary. Liberty China and Queen’s Ware: Manufactured and Sold Solely for the Benefit of Various Allied War Charities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Victor Polikoff and Mrs. Muriel Polikoff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0790.01ab
label: accession number
content: 1980.0790
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0790.01ab
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
label: Object Name
content: saucer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: polychrome (component surface decoration color name)
label: Physical Description
content: shield, laurel wreath, and flags (joint piece description of decoration)
label: Physical Description
content: shield, laurel wreath, and flags (overall description of decoration)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (cup material)
label: Physical Description
content: ceramic, earthenware, refined (saucer material)
label: Physical Description
content: gilt (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: cup: 2 7/16 in x 4 3/4 in x 3 7/8 in; 6.19125 cm x 12.065 cm x 9.8425 cm
label: Measurements
content: saucer: 3/4 in x 5 3/4 in; 1.905 cm x 14.605 cm