For sale is an unusual English Royal commemorative Copeland
pottery whisky bottle from the coronation of George V in 1911. The bottle stands 8 inches tall and is 4 1/4
inches in diameter at the base. It is
made of stoneware with a tan base glaze and forest green around the body and
neck. It has applied white sprigging of
the king and queen in flags on one side, and the arms of Great Britain on the
reverse. I also has sprigs of the four
flowers around the neck. The tan shoulder
area is printed “Coronation / of / King George V & Queen Mary / June 22,
1911” on one side and “Andrew Usher & Co. / Distillers Edinburgh” on the other. The bottom has a molded band and a low rounded
foot. It is marked “COPELAND / late /SPODE” on the foot; it is also stamped “ENGLAND” and “COPELAND” in the clay
Condition on the piece is fairly good. There are a couple of small rim chips and some
discoloration inside the neck, but no other damage. A great cross-collectible bottle!