A commemorative Federation mug with portraits of Sir Henry Parkes and the Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun

The mug features a vignette of Queen Victoria, flanked by an Australian infantryman, or a Light Horseman on foot, who is wearing a slouch hat, and a British infantryman who is wearing a pith helmet. A quote by Joseph Chamberlain, ‘MAY THE UNION BETWEEN THE COLONIES / AND THE MOTHER-LAND, NOW / CEMENTED BY THEIR BLOOD, BE FOR / EVER MAINTAINED’ is in a banner behind the handle, and there are also vignettes of Lord Hopetoun, Sir Henry Parkes, and the then Duke and Duchess of Cornwall.