- Titles Commemorative Bowl (Descriptive)
- Artist Shape designed by, Keith Murray, British, born New Zealand, 1892 - 1981@Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
- Medium lead-glazed earthenware (creamware) with printed decoration
- Dimensions 4 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Diam. (11.4 x 26 cm)
- Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.1518.2008
- Work Type bowl
- Classification Containers
- Signature none
- Marks On bottom impressed WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND and 473[8]7; printed on the bottom in blue with a crown and TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VIII - 1937 - WEDGWOOD MADE IN ENGLAND and with Keith Murray signature backstamp; also in blue the text PORTRAIT FROM A ROYAL MINT MEDALLION and with the inscription around the perimeter THE ROYAL ARMS. SCOTLAND. IRELAND. CANADA. SOUTH AFRICA.INDIA.NEW ZEALAND.AUSTRALIA.WALES.ENGLAND On bottom, tape label: BMW 363A / 535 set Tape label: Not / Designated Black marker: 368
- Inscription Around the exterior body: TO COMMEMORATE THE CORONATION OF HIS MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY KING EDWARD THE EIGHTH. 1937. BY THE GRACE OF GOD
- Provenance Harry and Nettie Buten, Merion, PA; The Buten Museum of Wedgwood, Merion, PA, 10/1945; with Nassau County Museums, Sands Point, Long Island, NY; by gift to Birmingham Museum of Art