Objektnummer
M.57.W.30
Titel
Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital Pensioners Playing Cricket Cup
Datum
1885
Upphovsman
Registered Number 22307
Material
Omfattning
height: 6.8 cm
Beskrivning
Staffordshire, bone china, coffee can. Printed and over painted with the Greenwich hospital and Chelsea pensioners playing cricket.
Cup with white underglaze, hand coloured print transfer decoration showing male figures with peg legs and hook hands playing cricket. At the bottom of image is a painted jug labelled "grog". Gold leaf on rim.
The decoration of this porcelain mug shows male figures with peg legs and hook hands playing cricket. At the bottom of the image is a jug labelled “grog”, a reference to the Royal Navy. This scene represents a match between Greenwich Hospital and Chelsea Hospital Pensioners, the artificial limbs being a result of injuries received during military service.
TN.2009.2255 : The Cricket Match between the Greenwich and Chelsea Hospital Pensioners
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