Commemorative & Souvenir
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#0152 1940s Serviceman's "Sweet Heart" Cigarette Case **Sold** through our Liverpool Shop May 2008
Only 1 left in stockA hand-made aluminium "souvenir" cigarette case from North Africa (or possibly Nigeria) depicting a mosque on the cover and two hearts inside. The back is inscribed - "Africa 1947".
Condition: there is surface wear and the original red elastic inside will need to be replaced if this item is to be used.
5.75 inches (14.5cm) x 3.2 inches (8.2cm)
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#1546 Cast Iron Sailor "Britain's Pride", circa 18
Only 1 left in stockA cast iron figure of a sailor, titled "Britains Pride" and bearing the design number 320316 which was registered in 1898.
Condition: there is an old (probably contemporary) bolted repair and with old patina.
29cm (11.2 inches) high; base -14cm (5.5 inches) wide
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#1551 Donkey & Camel 'Train' from Turkey, circa 1900 - 1930 **SOLD** April 2017
Only 1 left in stockAn early 20th Century souvenir brass Donkey and Camel 'Train' made in Turkey and possibly retailed as a desk ornament.
Condition: very good.
26.5cm (10.2 inches) long.
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#1581 Antique Royal Commemorative Glass Bowl - Silver Wedding Prince & Princess Wales March 10th 1888 **SOLD** 2017
Only 1 left in stockA rare shallow moulded glass bowl commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of the Prince & Princess of Wales (future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra) in 1888.
Condition: excellent
24cm (9.5 inches) diameter
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#1583 North West Coast Native American Plaque, late 20th Century **SOLD** through our Liverpool shop June 2017
Only 1 left in stockA hand painted souvenir cedar wood plaque depicting the "Raven and the Whale Story" from British Columbia, Canada. This item was made in the last quarter of th 20th Century.
Condition: there are minor surface bumps.
30cm (11.9 inches) diameter.
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#1584 1897 Queen Victoria Royal Commemorative Jug **SOLD** October 2018
Only 1 left in stockA late 19th Century hand enamelled and gold printed black glazed earthenware milk or water jug made to commemorate the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.
Condition: excellent.
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#1609 "Zulu Girl" Plastic Doll from South Africa, circa 1950s - 1960s **Sold** December 2018
Only 1 left in stockA souvenir "Zulu Girl" doll with baby on her back made in Apartheid South Africa during either the 1950s or 1960s.
Condition: there has been age degradation to the surface of the plastic in many places but there are no damages and all the beadwork decoration is intact.
10.5cm (6.5 inches) high.
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#1634 Rare Slip Decorated Tankard "For God And Parliament" **SOLD** February 2020
Only 1 left in stockA brown glazed earthenware tankard with very skillfully applied slip trailed decoration bearing the English Civil War style slogan "For God And Parliament".
This item was made by Peter Currell Brown (b 1936) at Snake Pottery, Gloucestershire.
Condition: there is a small rim chip and associated 5cm light hairline.
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#1635 King George VI 1937 Coronation "Trio" #1662 17th / 18th Century Style Oil on Canvas - Arquebusier Angel, circa1990s **Sold** August 2018
A tea cup, saucer and sandwich plate made to commemorate the 1937 Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) and additionally displaying a portrait of the 11 year old Princess Elizabeth.
Condition: excellent
02150
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#1636 Medieval Oak Panel from under Painted Chamber Palace of Westminster, Eleventh Century *Price on request*
Only 1 left in stockA rare and unusually large souvenir piece of wood cut from a beam from the painted chamber which was one of the oldest parts of the original Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), destroyed by the Great Fire of 1834. This piece of oak forms the back of a Mahogany Coin Collector's Cabinet which was made circa 1835-1850.
The writing on this ancient wood panel reads: "The Oak forming this cabinet is part of a Beam removed from under the floor of the Painted Chamber (being part of the wood used in the original building in the reign of Edward the Confessor) and removed after the fire of Thursday October 16th, 1834 by permission of the Honorable Commissioner .. of His Majesty's Woods & Forests by ...." We have not deciphered the name and signature at the bottom and we have not yet identified the wax seal (bottom left).
Condition: the panel is split in two vertically and there are very old horizontal cracks visible top left. The panel is 29.2 cm (11.5 inches) high; 24.1cm (9.5 inches) high. The mahogany cabinet is heavy and is
33 cm (13 inches) high; 31.8cm (12.5 inches) wide and 30.5cm (12 inches) deep
According to the official parliament website (www.parliament.uk) "In the 13th century King Henry III .. built .. the Painted Chamber as a private apartment on foundations in parallel to the present-day St Stephen's Hall, and it is said that St Edward the Confessor had died in a room which previously occupied the site." "The room was as grand and as colourful as the King (Henry III) and his craftsmen could make it. It was long and narrow, and housed a canopied state bed at one end. "The destruction of the Painted Chamber was perhaps the greatest artistic loss of the fire that ravaged Parliament in 1834. One of the wonders of medieval Europe, it was named after its magnificent thirteenth-century wall paintings of biblical kings, virtues and vices, and the coronation of Edward the Confessor." http://www.parliament.uk/worksofart/artwork/t-clark/interior-of-painted-chamber-after-the-fire-1834/1638
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#1648 Early Royal Doulton Dickens Figure Bumble, circa 1939 **Sold**
Only 1 left in stockCondition: excellent
10 cm (4 inches) high