STATUETTE OF WHITE GREYHOUND OF RICHMOND
Creator(s): Minton Ceramics Manufactory (Manufacturer) , James Woodford (Sculptor)
On view in: Second Floor Library
About this object
These ten "Queen's Beasts" were designed for the Coronation of Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 by Mr. James Woodford, O.B.E. and were set up at the annex at Westminster Abbey. The White Greyhound has a red collar edged and studded with gold, a gold ring and supports a shield of Tudor Livery in white and green with the crowned Tudor rose.
- Object name:
- STATUETTE OF WHITE GREYHOUND OF RICHMOND
- Made from:
- Bone china
- Made in:
- Stoke, England
- Date made:
- 1953
- Size:
- 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.35.7
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; COAT OF ARMS inscribed in gold on bottom: Crown copyright the White Greyhound of Richmond-After the Model of James Woodford, O.B.E., R.A. Minton Bone China made in England
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973