PLACE REPRESENTED: Bude , England
ITEM: Mug
NOTES: A mug cup depicting the “breakwater and sands” and the “castle and sands” at Bude in Cornwall on England’s south east coast/. Bude was a popular resort during Victorian times and subsequent to this mug, due to its surf, was the founder club in British Surf Life Saving.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1910s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Germany
MANUFACTURER: P. Donath Silesian Porcelain
DIMENSIONS: 8cm tall x 8cm diameter opening.
PLACE REPRESENTED: London , England
ITEM: Small Dish
NOTES: A dish celebrating the “great Twelve Companies” of London or rather, the Great Twelve Livery Companies” of London. The Livery companies were employment based and with the nature of guilds. They played an important part of the culture and development of London (and England). Like guilds they were for the benefits of their members and, like guilds, the Livery Companies of London accumulated property and possessed magnificent halls. Charters were granted to them in return for large sums of money advanced to the State. These are the first 12 main ones. There are 110 now. Clearly there isn’t one for “souvenir makers” otherwise this wouldn’t have been made in Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livery_company
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic (melamine)
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: Pavo
DIMENSIONS: 13.5cm x 13.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Worthing , England
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: A Present from Worthing … as it was circa 1925. Worthing is a large seaside town on the south coast of England … and the pier is still there, albeit destroyed and rebuilt a couple of times. The current one is the more art deco one from 1935. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worthing_Pier
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1920s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Germany
MANUFACTURER: Schumann
DIMENSIONS: 18cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Amersham (specifically the Parish Church of St Mary’s), England
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: Amersham (population 14000) is in the south east of England. St Mary’s Church is a Church of England church (formerly Catholic) built in the 13th century and located in Old Amersham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amersham
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15.5cm diamter
PLACE REPRESENTED: St Ives, England
ITEM: Display Plate
NOTES: St Ives is a seaside town, in Cornwall, in the far south west tail of England. The small plate depicts a “Lucky Pisky”, a “pisky” being a fairy. He says “I’m from dear ol Cornwall for’ee m’dear”. I assume the pisky is saying he’s from Cornwall forever. I’m not sure if that’s lucky or not but he seems to be happy with the statement.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1960s
MADE FROM: wood
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 9cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: Blackpool , England
ITEM: Minature ornamental kettle
NOTES: A minature ceramic kettle with the Blackpool coat of arms. Blackpool is on the north west coast of England. Its motto is the “progress” depicted. I have no idea if they lived up to their motto.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1930s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: Czechoslovakia
MANUFACTURER: ‘Victoria’ Schmidt & Company
DIMENSIONS: 7.5cm across x 7.5cm high
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the Westminster Abbey) , England
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: The Westminster Abbey in London. A gothic style church started in 1245 and added on to over the years. Originally Roman Catholic in order and in temperament, but subsequently Church of England, the Abbey has had a long and colourful history. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westminster_Abbey
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: melamine
MADE IN: Italy
MANUFACTURER: A Pavo
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x , 10.5cm
PLACE REPRESENTED: Land’s End, Cornwall , England
ITEM: Cup
NOTES: Land’s End certainly lives up to its name being on the furtherest southern western point of the English mainland. This beautifully detailed cup with about everything you can do and see. On the other side the famous “First and Last House In England” is depicted … which, apparently, is a little (expensive) shop by itself on the edge of a very windy, but visually stunning, cliff.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material
MADE IN: England
MANUFACTURER: Sadler
DIMENSIONS: 7cm diameter , 10.5cm across (with handle)
PLACE REPRESENTED: Market Drayton, Shropshire, England
ITEM: Trivet
NOTES: Nice trivet that can also be a display. A buttercross, also known as butter cross, is a type of market cross associated with English market towns and dating from medieval times. The one depicted is in Market Drayton, in the country of Shropshire, England. Northern Shropshire is famous for its cheeses and dairy products, hence the market (or Buttercross) in the line drawing, which was built in 1824. The town once had a court of ‘pied poudre’; here litigants could settle their differences immediately they reached market – in other words, while they still had dusty (or powdered) feet.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1970s
MADE FROM: ceramic material, cork (base)
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm diameter
PLACE REPRESENTED: London (specifically the London Underground) , England.
ITEM: Nic Nac Plate
NOTES: A small nic nac plate depicting the iconic map to the London Underground. Though it may be a little hard to carry, you wont get lost using this map, well, as long as you down leave the Tube station.
YEAR (APPROXIMATE): 1990s
MADE FROM: plastic
MADE IN: unknown
MANUFACTURER: unknown
DIMENSIONS: 15cm x 10cm