Picking up a King Charles III coronation commemorative plate? You're buying into a centuries-old tradition
- Written by: Sarah Bendall, Research Fellow, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
Dutch delftware with a double portrait of William III and Mary II, ca. 1690.The Metropolitan Museum of ArtMugs and plates celebrating the coronations, marriages and deaths of British royalty are not unusual sights in the Australian home. With the forthcoming coronation of King Charles III on May 6, such memorabilia cluttering our cupboards are...
