N° d'objet
M.54.4
Titre
Australia and England, Ashes Plate
Date
1953 - 1953
Créateur
Raison de la création
To commemorate England's winning the Ashes 1953
Matériel
Etendue
D: 10 ins
Description
Bone china commemorative plate, autographs of visiting Teams - Australia and England, 1953. Royal Worcester, white underglaze. Decoration: centre, in gold: autographs of the Australian team; rim, top: design of the Urn flanked by laurel leaves, bound by a scroll inscribed 'The Ashes'; bottom: in an octagonal frame the date, 1953; left and right: autographs of the England team. Edge with 3/8 inch patterned band and line, a second line round centre. Stamped on back: trade mark (as M.50.10) Colourless impress: W4/F[?].
Accession presumed to refer to hinged wooden stand on which plate was displayed. This is stored with the plate.
Australia and England, Ashes Plate, 1953
Royal Worcester Porcelain Company
Bone china
The plate bears the printed signatures in gold of the England and the Australian teams of the 1953 series, plus an image of the Ashes urn. Signatures include Hutton, Compton, Trueman and Miller.
England won the final Test to take the series 1-0 after the first four Tests were all drawn. England therefore recovered the Ashes for the first time since losing them in 1934.
These commemorative plates were first produced and issued in 1938 and continued until 1973. Each plate was limited in number by the factory to about 50-60, one given to each member of the team and a few made available to specialist collectors.
Kindly loaned by Marylebone Cricket Club Museum
Museum Number: M.54.4
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