Golden Jubilee Apron
1887

Great fun. I have not seen one like this before. Alexandra MacCulloch, Keeper of Art, Clothing & Textiles at Buckinghamshire County Museum, UK has kindly passed on some information about a similar apron they have in their collection (AYBCM 1977.393). She tells me that they have a child's apron, 1887 made from material specially printed to celebrate the Queen's jubilee. The school children of the village of White Waltham on the Berkshire/Buckinghamshire border made up aprons to wear at the celebrations. The material cost 6 pence a yard. The cotton is printed with random crowns in pink, red and green on a white ground and with stripes of similar colours incorporating dates of every year of the Queen's reign along the edges. The bib is vertically gathered, with a band of the dated stripe across the top, a button at each corner. A loop passes behind the neck. The skirt is pleated into the waistband and the waist ties, made from the dated stripe, continue along the waist.

Cataloguing

the long bib front gathered onto a neck band, the skirt with a small front frill, similar frilled pocket, all in roller printed fabric edged with machine made lace, jet button on apron strings, the fabric printed with the Queen's head in black surrounded red print Born 24 May 1819 Succeeded 20 June 1837 Crowned 28 June 1938 Married 10 Feb 1840 Widowed 14 Dec 1861 Jubilee 20 June 1887 Proclaimed Empress of India 1st Jan 1877

Condition

Excellent. Presumambly not worn as it was a comemmorative piece.

Price: £300 | $480 | €380

Reduced to: £150 | $240 | €190

Ref N°: 6057