{"id":9841,"date":"2015-03-14T08:04:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T12:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andrewbaseman.com\/blog\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2015-03-18T21:23:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T01:23:09","slug":"florence-upton-decorated-childs-mug-c-1905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=9841","title":{"rendered":"Florence Upton decorated child&#8217;s mug, c.1905"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This English child&#8217;s mug, boldly decorated with characters created\u00a0by illustrator and author Florence Kate Upton (February 22, 1873 &#8211; October 16, 1922), is made of porcelain and measures 2-3\/4&#8243; high. Her\u00a0ubiquitous Dutch Dolls and Golly characters are represented here with strong graphics and in full color. The underside has an embossed lithophane image of a girl and boy, visible only when held up to the light. The printed registration mark on the underside dates this mug to 1905.<\/p>\n<p>Second only to the Teddy Bear, the\u00a0Golly was the most popular toy in Europe in the early 1900s. Although Upton wrote Golly as a lovable, benign character, the image and original\u00a0name Gollywog eventually\u00a0became a controversial figure, sparking outrage. Without a patent, other manufacturers copied the likeness and portrayed the character as lazy and evil, becoming a negative symbol and an embarrassment to the black community.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2009\/feb\/06\/race-thatcher-golliwog\">The Guardian<\/a>\u00a0wrote an article in 2009, &#8220;From bedtime story to ugly insult: how Victorian caricature became a racist slur&#8221;, explaining the controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps, during an all-doll\u00a0tea party, the fragile mug was dropped by its young owner and the handle snapped off. Rather than being tossed out, the broken mug was taken to a china mender who reattached the handle using two metal cuffs\u00a0and rivets. I am surprised that I don&#8217;t come across more examples of early repairs on children&#8217;s items, as I imagine many tiny\u00a0hands had trouble grasping the precious\u00a0ceramic toys\u00a0they were given to play with, long before the invention of plastic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8749.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9842\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8749.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8749\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8749.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8749-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8762.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9847\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8762.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8762\" width=\"400\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8762.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8762-300x275.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8755.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9846\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8755.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8755\" width=\"400\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8755.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8755-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8753.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9844\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8753.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8753\" width=\"400\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8753.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8753-300x262.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8764.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9848\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8764.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8764\" width=\"400\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8764.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8764-300x245.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8766.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9849\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8766.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8766\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8766.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8766-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8771.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9850\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8771.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8771\" width=\"400\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8771.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_8771-300x253.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This English child&#8217;s mug, boldly decorated with characters created\u00a0by illustrator and author Florence Kate Upton (February 22, 1873 &#8211; October 16, 1922), is made of porcelain and measures 2-3\/4&#8243; high. Her\u00a0ubiquitous Dutch Dolls and Golly characters are represented here with strong graphics and in full color. 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