Commemorative ware comprises items that are made to commemorate an event within a short time, before or after its occurrence.

Manufacturers have never been slow to exploit the commercial possibilities afforded by the tourist trade, or by events of national or even local interest, and souvenirs and commemorative ware offer the collector a wide and varied field.

Although commemorative pottery was known to exist from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the industry really got under way with the invention of transfer printing in the 1750s. George Ill's jubilee in 1809, the death of Princess Charlotte in 1817, and George IV's coronation, were among the earliest events to be commemorated on a large scale by the ceramics industry.

Thereafter coronations, royal weddings, births, jubilees, etc have all been memorialised on china. In the Victorian period commemorative wares were produced in ceramic, glass, wood, papier-mache, stone, metal, ivory, more...

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Two King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation commemorative…

King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Coronation Cups

Two King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation commemorative cups, May 1937, British Pottery Manufactures Federation, height 8.5-10.5 cm

A King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation commemorative…

1937 Coronation Shaving Mug with King George VI & Queen Elizabeth

A King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Coronation commemorative shaving mug, 12th May 1937, height 10 cm

A Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cup, June 2nd…

Queen's Coronation Cup by Clarice Cliff, 1953

A Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cup, June 2nd 1953, Royal Staffordshire by Clarice Cliff, height 9.5 cm

A Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cups, June 2nd…

1953 Coronation Commemorative Cups by Royal Art Pottery

A Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cups, June 2nd 1953, Royal Art Pottery, British Pottery Manufactories, height 8 cm to 8.5 cm

Three Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cups, June…

Set of Three Coronation Cups for Queen Elizabeth II (1953)

Three Queen Elizabeth II Coronation commemorative cups, June 2nd 1953, Royal Winton, Brentleigh, height 9.5 cm to 10 cm

A Queen Elizabeth II commemorative teapot, c.1953, Lingard…

Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Teapot, 1953

A Queen Elizabeth II commemorative teapot, c.1953, Lingard Websters Tunsrall, height 12 cm

A Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation commemorative plate and bowl.…

QEII Coronation Plate and Bowl, 1953

A Queen Elizabeth II, Coronation commemorative plate and bowl. June 2nd 1953, J and G Meakin, sunshine, diameter 15 cm to 17 cm

Four Queen Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee commemorative pin…

Set of Four Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Pin Dishes

Four Queen Elizabeth II, Silver Jubilee commemorative pin dishes, June 2nd 1953, diameter 11.5 cm to 13 cm

Three Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative cups,…

Silver Jubilee Cups Set by Aynsley and Wood & Sons

Three Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee commemorative cups, 1952-1977, Aynsley, wood and Sons

Three Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups and saucers…

Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cups & Saucers

Three Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups and saucers including Coronation and Silver Jubilee

Three Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups, including…

Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cups Set

Three Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups, including Coronation and Golden Jubilee, height 10 cm to 12 cm

Five Queen Elizabeth II commemorative plates and dishes, Royal…

Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Plates and Dishes Set

Five Queen Elizabeth II commemorative plates and dishes, Royal standard, diameter 10 cm to 19 cm

Five Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups, including 90th…

5 Commemorative Cups for Queen Elizabeth II's Milestones

Five Queen Elizabeth II commemorative cups, including 90th birthday,

Two Queen Elizabeth II, commemorative plates, Buckingham Palace,…

Commemorative Plates: Queen Elizabeth II and Australian Parliament House

Two Queen Elizabeth II, commemorative plates, Buckingham Palace, the new Australian Parliament house, diameter 26 cm to 28 cm

Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) (1906 - 1956), a magnificent pair…

Royal Photogravure Portraits by Baron (1954)

Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum) (1906 - 1956), a magnificent pair of photogravure portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, individually framed and glazed and both signed and dated '1954' in pen, on the occasion of the 1954 Royal visit to Australia.…

A Border Fine Arts, Scotland composite figure of Queen…

Border Fine Arts Queen Elizabeth II Composite Figure, 2007

A Border Fine Arts, Scotland composite figure of Queen Elizabeth II, 2007, with original certificates, height 26 cm

A Royal Coronation King George V & Queen Mary mug, Queen…

A Royal Coronation King George V & Queen Mary mug, Queen Elizabeth Coronation notebook, Diary 1944

A large collection of British Royal Family figures. In wedding…

Royal Wedding Figures Collection by Peggy Nisbet from England

A large collection of British Royal Family figures. In wedding dresses. By Peggy Nisbet. England. Including HM Queen Elizabeth II, HRH Prince Andrew, Miss Sarah Ferguson, HRH Princess Margaret and others. Height 21 cm (largest). Provenance: From the Marie…

1953 Queen Elizabeth commemorative Holy Bible awarded as a…

1953 Queen Elizabeth commemorative Holy Bible awarded as a school prize in 1953 to commemorate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.