Militaria

c.1802 KING GEORGE III PEARLWARE TEA BOWL - TREATY OF AMIENS. A polychrome enamel tea bowl celebrating the Treaty of Amiens and the end (temporarily) of the hostilities between France and Britain. To the left of Britannia is Victory holding a palm frond and seated to the right is France with a staff and Liberty Cap (A symbol of the French Revolution). In good condition for its age with 3 tiny spots on the rim glaze possibly in manufacture and a small spot loss of glaze on the inside with the usual glaze crazing.
Circa: c.1802
Size: 2" tall x 3 3/8
Manufacturer: No makers marks  

1914 THE PRINCESS MARY W.W.I. BRASS CHRISTMAS GIFT BOX.. A special fund was created by Princess Mary, the 17 year old daughter of King George V and almost £200,000 was donated to send the troops in W.W.I. a special Christmas gift box designed by Adshead & Ramsey. The contents varied but most contained 20 cigarettes, a pack of tobacco, a Christmas card and a picture of the Princess. This solid brass box has an embossed profile of Princess Mary, the allies and the date on the lid. In good condition with expected wear. Opens and closes tight with good hinge. See pictures.

Circa: 1914
Size: 5" x 3 1/8" x 1 1/8 - 13cm x 8.5cm x 3cm
Manufacturer: Adshead and Ramsey.  

CHINA MILITARY CAP FOR THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE V IN 1911. Unusual 2 1/2" china officer's peaked cap in very good condition with only slight wear to the gilding on the peak.
Circa: 1911
Size: 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 7/8" - 63mm x 58mm x 21mm.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

1878 CUBA - SPAIN. ARSENIO MARTINEZ de CAMPOS. RARE PLATE WITH NAMED PORTRAIT OF GENERAL ARSENIO MARTINEZ DE CAMPOS 1831-1900. MADE IN ENGLAND BY ADAMS WITH REGISTRATION MARK FOR 1878. Arsenio Martinez Campos ruled Cuba for the Spanish empire prior to the Cuban War of Independence. The war was coming to an end, but an agreement had not yet been reached. Martinez Campos tricked the Cuban revolutionaries into signing the Pact of Zanjon on February 10, 1878, which promised the Cubans many reforms and concessions that the Spanish did not honor. He returned to Spain in 1878 and became prime minister. In good condition with usual minor wear and light crazing. There is an 1/2" surface crack and small hairline on the rear rim only and does not show on the front.



Circa: 1878
Size: 7 7/8" - 20cm.
Manufacturer: Adams  

c.1944 WINSTON CHURCHILL PLATE. 9" Winston Churchill Plate c.1944 with molded border and lined in orange. Back marked Ambassador Ware, Soho Pottery England. Good condition with minoe wear.
Circa: 1944
Size: 9" - 23cm.
Manufacturer: Soho Pottery.  

c.1941 WINSTON CHURCHILL MATCH BOX COVER. A very interesting match box cover the front showing 'The Prime Minister' 'Mr Winston Churchill'. The back has his message to President Roosevelt Feb 9th 1941 'Put your confidence in us........Give us the tools and we will finish the job". The top has President Roosevelt's reply "Britain needs ships ......They shall get them". Very good condition minor staining no rusting. See all pictures.
Circa: 1941
Size: 2 1/4"w x 1 1/2t x 7/8"d - 53mm x 38mm x 23mm.
Manufacturer: Marked 'British Made'.  

WINSTON CHURCHILL PLATE c.1940-1945 PORTRAIT BY CECIL BEATON. Winston Churchill seated in his office. Back marked 'Crown Ducal, Florentine, Made in England'. Portrait by Cecil Beaton c.1940-45. Titled 'The Fighting Premier - The Rt. Hon Winston Churchill'. In excellent condition.
Circa: 1940-1945
Size: 8 1/4" - 208mm.
Manufacturer: Crown Ducal.  

W.W.II. PLATE OF WINSTON CHURCHILL. Winston Churchill with warships and an aircraft behind. Titled 'There will always be an England". Rear markes 'Nelson Ware - Elijal Cotton - Made in England'. In good condition with some all over crazing.
Circa: 1940-1946
Size: 9 1/2" - 242mm.
Manufacturer: Elijal Cotton.  

W.W.II. WINSTON CHURCHILL PLATE - THE FIGHTING PREMIER. Winston Churchill seated in his office on this large (almost 11") plate. Back marked 'Made in England'. Probably made by Crown Ducal.From a photograph by Cecil Beaton c.1940-45. Titled 'The fighting Premier - The Rt. Hon Winston Churchill'. In excellent condition with only slight wear on the outer gilding.
Circa: 1940-1945
Size: 11".
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

c.1941 WINSTON CHURCHILL PARAGON PATRIOTIC SERIES. A good bone china cup and saucer with a named portrait of Winston Churchill inscribed on the saucer ‘Never was so much owed by so many to so few‘. Bases marked 'PARAGON' with double warrants from 'H.M.THE QUEEN & H.M.QUEEN MARY' and 'PATRIOTIC SERIES PRODUCED DURING THE WAR OF BRITAIN'. In very good condition.

Circa: 1941
Size: 5 1/2" - 14cm saucer.
Manufacturer: Paragon.  

c.1941 PARAGON PATRIOTIC SERIES CUP & SAUCER - PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. A bone china cup & saucer with a named portrait of President Franklin Roosevelt in the cup. Bottom of both pieces are marked 'PARAGON' with double warrants from 'HM THE QUEEN & HM QUEEN MARY' and 'PATRIOTIC SERIES PRODUCED DURING THE WAR OF BRITAIN'. Excellent condition. See all pictures.
Circa: 1941
Size: 5 1/2" - 14cm saucer.
Manufacturer: Paragon  

GENERAL WOLSELEY 1833-1913 PORTRAIT TILE BY CRAVEN, DUNNILL & CO. A GOOD 6" TILE WITH NAMED PORTRAIT OF GENERAL WOLSELEY. BACK MARKED WITH MAKER CRAVEN, DUNNILL & CO. Viscount Wolseley,Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount, Baron Wolseley of Cairo and of Wolseley. British field marshal who saw service in battles throughout the world and was instrumental in modernizing the British army. The usual missing glaze on the edges and a tiny chip on the back bottom corner. See all photos.

Size: 6" x 6" x 1/2" - 153mm x 153mm x 7mm.
Manufacturer: Craven Dunhill & Co.  

PORTRAIT PLATE OF PAUL VON HINDENBURG. (1847 - 1934 ) BY ROSENTHAL. A good blue and white Rosenthal portrait plate. In very good condition.
Size: 8 1/2" - 215mm.
Manufacturer: Rosenthal.  

LIBYA - THE ITALIAN OCCUPATION PTA An interesting plate titled "tripoli Italiana" from the period of the Italian occupation of Libya 1911 - 1943. In very good condition.
Circa: 1911
Size: 8 1/2" - 215mm.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE - EARLY 19TH CENTURY JUG COMMEMORATING HIS DEFEAT. A Jug by Samuel Alcock & Co (1828-1853) probably produced in 1849 commemorating the 50th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the British under Sir Sidney Smith at the Siege of St. Jean D'Acre in 1799. In very good condition with a 1 1/2" hard to see hairline to the inside glaze on the lip only .

Circa: 1849
Size: 6" - 15cm.tall.
Manufacturer: Samuel Alcock & Co.  

LT. GEN. SIR GEORGE WHITE VC BOER WAR WALL PLATE. Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO,1835—1912. As Lieutenant General Sir George White he was commander of the forces in Natal during the opening of the Second Boer War and commanded the garrison at the Siege of Ladysmith 1899–1900. In good condition with the usual very light crazing and wear.
Circa: 1900
Size: 9 1/2" - 24cm.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

c.1900 BOER WAR PLATE LORD ROBERTS. A good color portrait of Boer War General Lord Frederick Roberts in a red military uniform. Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, VC, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a distinguished Anglo-Irish soldier and one of the most successful commanders of the Victorian era. In good condition with the usual light wear and crazing.
Circa: 1900
Size: 9 1/2" - 24.5cm
Manufacturer: No makers marks  

BOER WAR PLATE - A GENTLEMAN IN KHARKI An unusual 8" Boer War ribbon plate with a sepia portrait - A gentleman in Kharki drawn by Caton-Woodville and inspired by a line in the Rudyard Kipling poem The Absent-minded Beggar. In very good condition. Indistinct makers marks.
Circa: 1900
Size: 8" - 224mm.
Manufacturer: Indistinct makers marks.  

BOER WAR PLATE - LORD KITCHENER - THE SIRDAR. General Lord Horatio Kitchener of
Khartoum. Chief of Staff to Lord Roberts and later Commander-in-Chief. For a similar transfer see 'Boer War Memorabilia" by Pieter Oosthuizen plate 20. A nice hanging plate very good condition with good color.
Circa: 1900
Size: 9 1/2" - 238mm,
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

c.1896-1900 LIEUT.-COL. BADEN-POWELL PLATE - BOER WAR. A Lieutenant-Colonel Baden-Powell plate showing his first decoration The Ashanti Star, which he received after The Ashanti Expedition 1895-1896. He was promoted to Major General after the siege of Mafeking in 1900. In very good condition with some wear to the gilded rim.

Circa: c.1896-1900
Size: 8 3/4 - 22cm.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

BOER WAR - LORD KITCHENER AND GENERAL FRENCH. c.1900 A flow blue plate inscribed 'Conquer or Die' with sepia portaits of Lord Kitchener and General French by Wood and Sons. Excellent condition.
Circa: 1900
Size: 8 1/2"-215mm..
Manufacturer: Wood & Son  

MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL BOER WAR PLATE. WALL PLATE c.1901-1907 FOR MAJOR-GENERAL BADEN-POWELL FOUNDER OF THE BOY SCOUTS. Baden-Powell was promoted to Major-General in 1901. A rank he held until 1907 when he was promoted to Lieutenant-General. In good condition with a small chip to the glaze on the rear hanging hole and some all over age crazing.
Circa: c. 1901-1907
Size: 8 1/2".
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

BOER WAR PLATE GENERAL JOHN FRENCH. John French 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925)British cavalry leader during the Boer War, later commander of the British army during the First World War to December 1915. In very good condition.

Circa: 1900
Size: 8 7/8" - 225mm.
Manufacturer: Unmarked  

BOER WAR c.1900 LORD ROBERTS PLAQUE. A wall plaque with color portrait of Boer War General Lord Frederick Roberts. In excellent condition.
Circa: 1900
Size: 8 3/8" x 7 1/2" x 1 1/4" deep.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

LORD KITCHENER OF KHARTOUM JUG. A figure head jug with hand painted brown military uniform. No chips or cracks but overall age crazing and a small discoloring to tip of nose. An unusual piece. No makers marks.
Size: 6" Tall.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

c.1900 COL. BADEN POWELL BOER WAR PIPE. Named Baden Powell on the stem with the registration mark for 1900. This unusual pipe has some small chips and a repair on the stem behind the shoulder. See all the photos.
Circa: 1900
Size: 5"
Manufacturer: Unknown  

c.1855 CRIMEA WAR MUG WITH QUEEN VICTORIA AND NAPOLEON. Crimean war mug with French and British flags with the profiles of Queen Victoria and Napoleon III. The banner reads ‘God save the Queen - May they ever be united - Vive L’Empereur’. In good condition with strong color and a little age fading to the transfer. Minor expected wear to the rim gilding and a tiny pin prick in the rim glaze. Overall a very nice mug from this period.
........THE CRIMEAN WAR 1854-1856...........
FRANCE AND BRITAIN ALONG WITH THE KINGDOM OF SARDINIA AND THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WENT TO WAR WITH RUSSIA IN THE CRIMEA. THE WAR PRODUCED GREAT PATRIOTISM IN THE BRITISH WHO SAW THE RUSSIANS AS A THREAT TO THE EMPIRE, BUT POPULARITY WANED AS THE DEATH TOLL MOUNTED. BATTLES INCLUDE ALMA AND BALACLAVA (CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE).



Circa: 1855
Size: 3 1/4" - 79mm tall.
Manufacturer: Unmarked.  

c.1856 CRIMEA WAR PLATE. c.1856 CRIMEAN WAR PLATE WITH CROSSED NATIONAL FLAGS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE "MAY THEY EVER BE UNITED". In excellent condition.

Circa: 1856
Size: 6 3/4" - 169mm.
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

c.1898 ADMIRAL SAMPSON PLATE. - CUBA - SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Named color portrait of Admiral Sampson with American flags. ADMIRAL WILLIAM SAMPSON 1840 – 1902 was a United States Navy admiral best known for his 1898 victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.Generally in good condition with a not very noticable rim chip at about 10 O'Clock and wear to the gilding. Back inscribed with the retailer R.H.Macy.

Circa: 1898
Size: 8 1/2" - 215mm max. across.
Manufacturer: R.H.Macy  

c.1898 ADMIRAL WILLIAM SAMPSON PLATE. SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Named color portrait of Admiral Sampson with American flags. ADMIRAL WILLIAM SAMPSON 1840 – 1902 was a United States Navy admiral best known for his 1898 victory in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish-American War.Generally in good condition with a not very noticable rim chip at about 10 O'Clock and wear to the gilding. Back inscribed with the retailer R.H.Macy.

Circa: 1898
Size: 8 1/2"215mm max. across.
Manufacturer: R.H.Macy  

1919 WORLD WAR I PEACE MUG WITH SIR DAVID BEATTY'S SIGNAL. An interesting 1919 Peace mug with Britannia and flags of the allies. On the back Sir David beattys Historic Signal "The German flag is to be hauled down at Sunset to-day, and is not to be hoisted again without permission". In good condition.
Circa: 1919
Size: 3" - 74mm tall.
Manufacturer: no makers marks  

c.1914 PLATE WITH FLAGS OF THE ALLIES AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I. Banner reading 'Freedom and Justice' with national flags of Russia, France, UK and Belgium. In excellent condition. Base stamped with maker Royal Coleston & 1914.
Circa: 1914
Size: 6" - 152mm.
Manufacturer: Royal Coleston.  

c.1916 WORLD WAR I ALLIED UNITY PLATE by W.H.GOSS. An interesting plate with a border of 8 hand colored flags of the allied nations. A center Lion of Flanders (Commemorating the heroic stand of Belgium)surrounded by 'Unity makes Strength'. The rear has the mark of the English maker W.H.Goss and 'Depose - F.B.den Boer Middelburg 1916'. The attached metal wall hanger appears to have been made at the time. Some wear to the center black color otherwise in excellent condition.

Circa: 1916
Size: 7 7/8" - 19.8cm. diameter.
Manufacturer: W.H.Goss  

WORLD WAR I A-Z HANDKERCHIEF. An unusual rhyming A to Z handkerchief which includes mention of Dreadnoughts, Jellico, Kitchener, Submarine and the Zeppelin. A small stain next to the word Indians and very minor age discoloring but overall in very good condition. See all photos.
Circa: 1914-1918
Size: 12 1/2" x 13 1/2" - 318mm x 345mm .
Manufacturer: No makers marks.  

SMALL PLANT POT WITH FLAGS OF THE ALLIES. World war I footed 3 1/8" planter. Marked 'For Right and Freedom'. Base marked 'Caley's British'.
Circa: 1914-1918
Size: 3 1/8" - 8cm tall.
Manufacturer: Caley's.  

SHELLEY WORLD WAR I CUP & SAUCER. A good bone china cup & saucer by SHELLEY with 4 flag design (Britain, France, Belgium and Russia). In really excellent condition.
Circa: 1914-1918
Size: cup 2 3/4" - 69mm tall.
Manufacturer: Shelley.  

c.1919 WORLD WAR I PLATE WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY. An interesting end of World War I bone china plate with flags of the allies and the Statue of Liberty. The banner reads 'Might in the right cause has prevailed'. In good condition with slight wear.
Circa: 1914-1918
Size: 6 7/8" - 176mm.
Manufacturer: Jackson & Gosling  

c.1917 WORLD WAR I FOOD SHORTAGE CUP & SAUCER, WWI VERY UNUSUAL CUP & SAUCER CIVILIZATION’. BACK READS 'SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM THE RT.HON. D. LLOYD GEORGE PRIME MINISTER - I HAVE NO HESITATION IN SAYING THAT ECONOMY IN THE CONSUMPTION OF FOOD IN THIS COUNTRY IS A MATTER OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE IMPORTANCE TO THE EMPIRE AT THE PRESENT TIME'. In very good condition with just a tiny 1/8" hairline. See all pictures


Circa: 1914-1918
Size: Saucer 5 1/2" - 137mm / Cup 2 3/4" - 274mm.
Manufacturer: Unknown  

WORLD WAR I PLATE BY W.H.GOSS. Flags of the allies. Excellent condition.
Circa: 1914-1918
Size: 7" - 177mm.
Manufacturer: W.H.Goss  

c.1914 MUG WITH FLAGS OF THE ALLIES AT THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR I. Banner reading 'Freedom and Justice'. In excellent condition. Base stamped with maker Royal Coleston.
Circa: 1914
Size: 3" - 76mm tall.
Manufacturer: Royal Coleston.