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Place of Origin: English
Charles II Carved Crest Of The Arms Of Westminster School
Located in Essex, MA
A large crest with shell and scroll carved frame enclosing an azure ground with gilded coat of arms featuring a cross with four birds over lions and fleur de lis and Tudor roses. Onl...
Category
1670s Baroque Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
19Th Century York Archaeology Society Musuem Oak Collectors Box
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A charming little oak collectors box inscribed 'YORK ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY'
Paper label ink inscription GB GV, the hinged lid and drawer with old shards of pottery, pipes
11cm high, ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ceramic, Clay, Oak
Royal Silver Calcutta Races Trophy
By Goldsmiths
Silversmiths Co. Ltd.
Located in New Orleans, LA
This stunning piece of horseracing history was presented to the winner of the 1933-1934 Calcutta Races on behalf of King George V. The Calcutta Races was the premier horseracing event in Asia of the period, and its prestige is reflected in this trophy, crafted by the silversmithing firm Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company...
Category
20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Original Antique Print of Relics of Bonnie Prince Charlie. C.1880
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of relics belonging to Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie
Fine steel engraving by Charles Lawrie
Published by Blackie, Ed...
Category
1880s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
English
Country House
Private Post Box, circa 1925
Located in London, GB
A fantastic painted wooden English 'country house' private red post box likely to have been made for the lobby of a hotel, business, club or a country house. It would have been empti...
Category
1920s Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
A historically important Victorian silver tea and coffee set
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A historically important Victorian silver tea and coffee set, presented to Francis Pettit-Smith, inventor of the screw propellor, in 1856, comprising a coffee pot, a tea pot, a cream...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
Cooper Brothers
Sons Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Commemorative Box
By Cooper Brothers
Sons
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive, unusual antique Edwardian English sterling silver commemorative box; an addition to the ornamental silverware collection.
This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver commemorative box has a plain rectangular form with rounded corners.
The subtly domed hinged cover of the box retains the original transfer depicting portraits of King Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark in addition to the coat of arms of Leeds.
The cover is further ornamented with the presentation details ‘7th July 1908, Wilfred L Hepton Lord Mayor, Souvenir of the visit to Leeds, of the King and Queen. Presented by the Lord Mayor’.
The underside of the Edwardian box is embellished with the original engraved inscription ‘Rowntree & Co Ltd, Cocoa & Chocolate Makers...
Category
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver
English Renaissance Framed Crest Embroidery
Located in Queens, NY
English Renaissance embroidery of a crest having a crown top mounted on a red velvet background in an ebonized wood frame.
Category
16th Century Northern Renaissance Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Thread, Velvet, Wood
Lord Mountbatten by Greta Berlin, 1989
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This bronze is the maquette for a sculpture of Lord Louis Mountbatten wearing a naval duffel coat, peaked cap and sea boots and holding a pair of binoculars. It is set on a highly polished black stone base and inscribed on the back ‘Mountbatten Study, G. Berlin no. 3 of 3’. English, 1989.
We are indebted to Ms Berlin for her kind help in supplying the following information. “I made this piece as a working model, maquette, to show, along with another image, to the clients who were offering the commission for the nine-foot bronze of Lord Mountbatten...
Category
1980s Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
1930 Royal Automobile Club Associate British Enameled Radiator Cap Car Badge
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This Royal Automobile Club Associate car badge was made by the Patent Die Assoc. Co. of London in presumably 1929 in London England in the period...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
19thC Victorian Burr Walnut Games Compendium, Cards
Board Games, c.1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late-19th century Victorian burr walnut cased games compendium, the interior comprising a chess set, draughts, dominoes, dice, cribbage board with markers, leather bound boards for games, playing cards, droughts counters, a dice shaker...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Walnut
Princess Diana Memorabilia. Set of Stamps of Diana. 1998
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
A rare set of stamps celebrating Princess Diana 1961 - 1997
Issued by Royal Mail 1998
The unusual thing about this set is that they haven't been " stamped "
Unused. near mint con...
Category
1990s English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
George III Punch Bowl Made of Oak from H.M.S. Royal George, 1802
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This turned commemorative oak bowl is of deep cylindrical form applied with a silver shield-shaped plaque inscribed ‘H.M.S. Royal George. (108 Guns) Capsised 29th Augst. 1782. This P...
Category
Early 1800s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Royal Southampton Yacht Club Cannon
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This pair of early Victorian three-stage bronze signal cannon are set on elm carriages with bronze fittings.
Each 39 inch tapering barrel has one reduction and a ball cascabel. Th...
Category
1840s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bronze
1802, Richmond “Gold Cup”, by Robert Adam, Paul Storr and Robert Makepeace
By Paul Storr, Robert Makepeace I, Robert Adam
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
This exceptional silver-gilt trophy was made by Paul Storr in 1802, by arrangement with the London retailer Robert Makepeace. It is in the form of a classi...
Category
Early 1800s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silver
ANTiQUE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF QUEEN VICTORIA DIAMOND JUBILEE ROYAL OPERA PROGRAMME
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this absolutely exquisite, silk Royal Opera Programme to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of Queen Victorias...
Category
1890s Late Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Silk, Hardwood
Late 19th Century English 5-Brass Leather Horse Strap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century English 5-brass leather horse strap. Shaped leather featuring brasses of a Sun Boss, Cockeral, Horse & Wagon, Dolphin Fish, & Windmill.
22 1/8" long, 4" w.
We are ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Antique Wood Planes Set by W. Butcher
Unbranded – Vintage Hand Tools
Located in San Carlos, CA
Own a Piece of Woodworking History: Antique Plane Set (W. Butcher & Unbranded)
A handsome pair of 19th-century wooden planes, rich in patina and chara...
Category
Late 19th Century Industrial Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Chelsea Flower Show Interest - Gold Medal Prize for 1937 Made By Omar Ramsden
By Omar Ramsden
Located in London, London
Hallmarked in London in 1936 by Omar Ramsden, this wonderful, Sterling Silver Chalice, is in the Arts & Crafts taste, and features the original gilding and the cast and applied crest...
Category
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Sterling Silver
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Glass
Located in New Orleans, LA
This engraved glass was crafted to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Sixteen years following the coronation of her father, King George VI, the official coronation of Queen Elizabeth II represented a fascinating mix of tradition and modernity. Held at Westminster Abbey, it was the first official celebration of its kind ever to be televised — approximately 27 million people in the United Kingdom alone tuned in to watch their new Queen don her crown for the first time. Considering the widespread popularity of the event, commemorative objects such as this became highly desirable, as people around the world sought remembrances of the joyous occasion.
This glass is an exceptional example of its type that remains in excellent condition. One side reads "The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 1953," while the other displays the initials "ER II...
Category
20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
BRITISH CAMPAIGN
GALLANTRY MEDALS DiSPLAY PICTURE VERY DECORATIVE EXAMPLE
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this very decorative display case housing multiple medals for Britich Campaign & Gallantry
Please note the...
Category
20th Century Campaign English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Watercolor Painting of Cavalry Soldier on Galloping Horse, Monogramed
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Watercolor painting of cavalry soldier on galloping horse, monogramed.
This watercolor painting is executed in a masterful technique. The finest details and bright colors make this artwork a treasure.
A military cavalry...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Sir Anderson Army General Georgian Irish 1810 Hardwood Wine Cooler Cellarette
By Thomas Chippendale
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this exceptionally rare very large Georgian Irish flamed mahogany wine cooler with Lion head handles circa 1810 owned by Sir Charles Alexander Anderson...
Category
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Hardwood
$14,346 Sale Price
30% Off
Queen Adelaide’s Coach Panels
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
These two wood panels are of rectangular form, one with rounded corners. Each is painted with a large Royal coat of arms flanked by a lion and a unicorn surmounted by a queen’s crown and red velvet mantling trimmed...
Category
1840s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
$25,617 / set
Early 18th Century English Framed Indenture Document, Framed
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Large Early 18th Century Framed Indenture Document. The document (deed) is written in lengthy hand-written detail. Issued in three parts, indentures were legal documents cut with w...
Category
Early 18th Century George II Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Animal Skin, Wood
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert Stonemason
s Mallet
Located in New Orleans, LA
This exceptional and one-of-a-kind wooden mallet commemorates the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, which occurred on February 10, 1840. Exqu...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
John Wesley Commemorative Wesleyan Methodist Centenary Appeal Pottery Plate
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A scarce and unusual John Wesley commemorative black printed saucer size plate probably sold as a fund raising item for the Wesleyan Methodist Centenary...
Category
1830s Early Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ceramic
Coronation of King George vi and Queen Elizabeth Glass Tankard
By Thomas Goode
Located in New Orleans, LA
Intricate engravings symbolic of the English monarchy decorate this limited edition glass tankard commemorating the 1937 coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth...
Category
20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass
Three mortice chisels, all with sturdy ash handles by Sorby
Co
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Three mortice chisels, all with sturdy ash handles by Sorby & Co with steel blades, two stamped T. Turton & Sons, another by Sorby & Co, one also stamped Sheaf Works and all bearing the initial W.D for the War Department, dated 1862. English.
Footnote: These three chisels represent three of the most famous firms from the great age of steel manufacturing in Sheffield. Sorby & Co was founded in 1828 and remains a world leading manufacturer and exporter of specialist woodworking tools and equipment. William...
Category
1860s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Ash
Pair of Marquess of Clanricarde De Burgh-Canning Carriage Badges
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A Pair of Marquess of Clanricarde de Burgh-Canning carriage badges, each gilt metal armorial designed as the coat of arms de Burgh-Canning for Ullick John de ...
Category
1850s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Royal Souvenirs by Geoffrey Warren, 1st Edition
Located in valatie, NY
Royal Souvenirs by Geoffrey Warren. Orbis Publishing, 1977. 1st Edition, 64 page hardcover with a dust jacket. Explores the surprisingly wide range of royal commemoratives...
Category
1970s Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
A pair of Glastonbury chairs made for the Pembertons of Durham
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
Each of these oak Glastonbury chairs has a pointed back and a fixed rectangular seat. The shaped arms and X-frame legs are attached with protruding pegs, giving the impression of a c...
Category
1870s Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Antique Wooden Hat Block By W. Plant
Son, Manchester, England
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Made in two parts with a broad thick brim. Several marks including W. Plant
Son, Rochdale Road (location of plant from 1850 to 1947) Manchester, 6 Happ St. and numbers 27 and 2...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
19th C English Field Artillery Ammunition Carrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 19th C English Field Artillery Ammunition Carrier dating about 1850 - 1860. The carrier has painted canvas over a wood frame and heavy leather carring handle. The carrier is sta...
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Miniature Antique English Apprentice Model Salesman Sample Drop-Front Bureau
Located in Forney, TX
A rare and handsome English Arts & Crafts period miniature oak bureau from the early 20th century with nicely aged patina.
Exquisitely hand-crafted in England over a century ago, e...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
C. 1870s English Victorian Ladies Walking Stick
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1870s Victorian ladies walking stick, English. Gold filled handle elaborately floral decorated & engraved: Ella F. Talmadge. Apparently re-fitted to the stick several times. Ru...
Category
1870s Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Gold
Antique Bamlett Tractor Seat, English, Cast Iron, Decorative, Agricultural
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique Bamlett tractor seat. An English, cast iron decorative agricultural piece and dating to the late 19th century, circa 1900.
Unusual decorative piece, suitable for wall hanging
Cast iron in good order with a desirable aged patina
Good, consistent colour to the graphite finish
Embossed with the Bamlett name within a hemispherical arc
Punch-hole fanned ovals decorate the rim of the seat
Presented upon the original seat arm, turned through 90 degrees for display
This is a fascinating antique tractor seat...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Pair of Art Deco Marigold Carnival Glass Rolls Royce or Packard Bud Vases
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This pair of automobile bud vases are unsigned, but presumed to have been made in England in approximately 1920 in the period Art Deco style. The vases are done with a thick clear glass in a fluted form, with marigold iridescent or carnival glass accents around the bulbous tops. These bud vases were used in luxury cars, and these came from an automotive collector with various Rolls Royce items, which these were included in. The Rolls Royce ashtray...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Art Glass
English Art Deco Royal Commemorative Porcelain Coronation Set
Located in New York, NY
This collection of English commemorative ware consists of a 1937 Edward VIII coronation tea set, two 1837 Edward VIII coronation plates, a 1937 Edward VIII coronation flute, and a 1939 plate commemorating George VI and Queen Elizabeth's trip to the United States and Canada.
The Coronation tea set consists of a teapot, two cups, each with a saucer, a creamer and a coupe-shaped, open sugar bowl. The teapot, cups, creamer, and sugar bowl all feature Edward VIII's coronation portrait on the front and his seal on the back. The teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl are each circumscribed with gold trim and feature a delightful cracklature. Each piece is stamped "Made in England" and the teapot is also stamped "Lancasters LTD".
The two conical-shaped teacups have handles which are decorated with a fine, royal blue line. The rim of each teacup, as well as their saucers, are also adorned with royal blue lines. Each piece is stamped "Made in England".
The scalloped edged Edward VIII coronation plate offers a 24-karat gold trim and features Edward VIII's coronation portrait and seal, the back is stamped "L&Sons LTD". The second coronation plate is square with scalloped corners. In the center of the plate is a grisaille portrait...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Gold
Late 19th Century English Single Brass Leather Horse Strap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century English single brass leather horse strap. Elephant & castle large scale horse brass - a howdah representing either the old English pub by the same name or for the C...
Category
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Vintage Blue
Gold Notre Dame University "Fighting Irish" Wool Stadium Blanket
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool vintage blue and gold Notre Dame University "Fighting Irish" wool stadium blanket, circa 1970s. The blanket is 100% thick navy blue wool with a subtle gold edge trim and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Wool
Early 20th Century English 4-Brass Leather Horse Strap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century English 4-brass leather horse strap. Shaped leather featuring brasses of a Heart, "Tally Ho" hunt scene, engraved Stepping Horse, & Stag.
16.75" long, 3.5" w.
We ...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early 19th Century Georgian Pinewood Oil-Painted Dummy Boards
Located in Chicago, IL
Early 19th Century Georgian Pair of Dummy Boards. Pinewood with oil-painted fine details. Charming and scarce pieces, it took the owner a couple of years to find them. There is no ag...
Category
Early 19th Century Early Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Pine, Paint
Mid 19th Century English Games Compendium
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautiful maple and ebony compendium box has a hinged lid and a pair of front doors that swing open to reveal the boxwood and ebony hand-carved chess pieces. Each chess piece si...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Bone, Boxwood, Ebony, Maple
Unusual Crystal Palace Band Competition Painted Glass Certificate of Merit 1883
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very unusual, possibly unique, historical Certificate of Merit awarded at the drum and pipe band contest held at Crystal Palace between 1880 and 1883 and awarded in 1883. The certificate is hand-painted on a rectangular sheet of milk glass and is painted as a hanging cloth banner...
Category
1880s Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Milk Glass
Antique Bearing, Graphite, English, Cast Iron, Ornament, Paperweight, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique engine bearing with graphite finish. An English, cast iron and bronze desk ornament or paperweight, and dating to the Victorian perio...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Iron
Early 20th Century English 4-Brass Leather Horse Strap
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century English 4-brass leather horse strap. Shaped leather featuring brasses of a Rampant Horse, Dray Horse, Cat, & "Lorna Doone Farm".
18.5" long, 3 3/8" w.
We are a fa...
Category
Early 20th Century Late Victorian English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
Staffordshire Oriental Tooth Paste Lidded Pot, circa 1880
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An Oriental Toothpaste pot, Staffordshire, England, circa 1880.
Transfer printed in black on a creamy white earthenware, the base and the sides of the lid are printed in a pattern o...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Earthenware
Antique Silver Plated Figural Military Dress Uniform Hat Display Stand or Rack
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This very detailed and unique silver plated hat stand is hallmarked by an unknown maker, but presumed to have been made in England in approximately 1910 in the period style. This hat...
Category
Early 20th Century Edwardian English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Guy Sydenham Poole Pottery Ltd Edn QEII Silver Jubilee Loving Mug
By Guy Sydenham
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A large and impressive Poole Pottery limited edition twin handled loving mug commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977 by renowned potter Guy Sydenham (British, 1916-2005).
Guy Sydenham joined Poole Pottery in 1931 and completed a seven year apprenticeship. He was a master potter for more than 50 years and was renowned for the original work he created in the Poole Pottery Studio in the 1960’s and 1970’s. He worked as head of the ‘making department’ at Poole Pottery resigning in 1977 possibly making this commemorative one his last important works.
This stylish twin handled stoneware mug (as it was called!) stands raised on a wide round base the rim carved with the words THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE 1952 – 1977. The piece has a narrow stem and a wide round cup shaped top with finely formed and elegant handles applied to either side. The is mounted with a relief molded medallion with a Lion, Unicorn and Crown and initials E II R. The medallion has a contrasting brown stained finish with a brown wash also applied to the edge of the foot. The body has a slightly textured satin brown glazed finish with a rich dark honey glaze...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Stoneware
Pair of WW1 British Brass Artillery Shells Dated 1917
Located in Dallas, TX
Take a piece of history into your home with these authentic English bombshells from the First World War (WWI 1914-1918). Made of brass, the impressive pieces of artillery are round i...
Category
Early 20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
17th/18th Century Queen Anne Letters Patent on Vellum with Partial Great Seal
Located in Milford, NH
A fine example of a Queen Anne letters patent on vellum with a partial Great Seal and beautifully detailed portrait of the Queen. This document dates to the late 17th or early 18th c...
Category
Late 17th Century Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Other
Jenny Lind Rare Printed and Hand Painted Pot Lid Attributed to Ridgway
By J
W Ridgway
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
An unusual and rare English potlid believed to depict Jenny Lind and attributed to Ridgway and dating from around 1850. The lid is printed with a lady seated in a garden landscape in a rather elegant white ball gown...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Pottery
Midcentury English Portobello Famous Wines in the World on Display Case
Located in Vigonza, Padua
1960s midcentury English Portobello "Famous wines" in the world on display case
Measures cm: H 34 W 108, D 9.
Category
Mid-20th Century English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Glass, Wood
Art Deco Modernist Matching pair Of Enamel Gents Cufflinks by Lambournes
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration are these wonderful and original 1930s Art Deco three toned gents cufflinks. Slightly staggered and raised three toned enamel cufflinks on a rolled rose gold b...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Gold Plate, Enamel
Frank Brangwyn, Armchair for the Canadian Pacific Liner
SS Empress of Britain
By Frank Brangwyn
Located in London, GB
Frank Brangwyn. An important armchair.
Brangwyn's last interior designs were for the Canadian Pacific Liner; 'The SS Empress of Britain', which was launched in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later to be King Edward VIII who renounced his throne to marry Wallis Simpson in 1930.
These armchairs were designed for the 1st class dining room; 'The Salle Jacque Cartier' (see last image) and they were made by H.H. Martyn and Co. Cheltenham. The 1st class dining room was described in the Bulletin of The Decorative Arts Society 1890-1940 as 'In the fully fledge modern restaurant and cinema style of the 1930s'. The Studio in a long article on the liner, discusses and illustrates Brangwyn's Salle Jacques Cartier: 'So architectural it is, so true proportion, so devoid of Extraneous ornament. In contrast to this austerity of line, hue and colour, his great wall paintings are rich in colour; composed in the bold, yet intricate pattern of figure, fruit and flowers that characterizes Mr Brangwyn's decorative works'.
Tragically the liner was sunk in 1940 by a U-boat. Brangwyn also designed marquetry panels for the private dining rooms and they were executed by the Rowley Gallery, he also designed a frieze carved in wood for their gallery façade in 1936.
The armchair has a central under bar below the seat which still has the original bolt and eye to secure the chain to and then to the floor, that would prevent all the chairs from sliding around in stormy weather.
It is lacking ivorene numbered disc which would have sat in the very top of the head rail.
In October 1940 the most famous of the Canadian Pacific Railway liners and flagship of the company's Atlantic Fleet, the Empress of Britain, was attacked and sunk. She was travelling to Glasgow from Suez via South Africa, where she was bombed near the north-west coast of Ireland by a German Focke Wulf Condor plane. When the Condor attacked the Empress of Britain the ship's crew couldn't shoot the plane down and soon the Empress was burning out of control and the Captain C.H. Sapsworth gave the order to abandon ship. 45 people died and the remaining survivors including women and children, were later rescued that day by the British destroyer HMS Echo and the Polish destroyer Burza and 3 British naval trawlers Paynter, Cape Agona and Drangey. The Empress still burning managed to stay afloat and the day after 2 Royal Navy tugs, Marauder and Thames tried to tow her into port with many escort ships around her but in spite of the protection she was given from the escort ships on October 28th, a German U-boat, U-32, managed to get by the escorts un-noticed and torpedoed the crippled Empress. She sank within ten minutes. The Empress of Britain was the largest Allied passenger liner to be sunk and weighing 42,348-tons she was the biggest merchant ship loss of the war. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth had travelled aboard Empress of Britain after their 1939 Royal Tour...
Category
1930s Arts and Crafts Vintage English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Oak
Art Deco Ladies Leather
Chrome handbag, England, c1930
Located in Devon, England
For your consideration is the original Art Deco leather handbag. The chrome frame with an etched geometric design handle is stunning and with a leather frill along the edge really se...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Chrome
Terracotta Portrait Plaque of a Nobleman with Order of the Garter
Located in Downingtown, PA
Continental Terracotta Plaque,
Early 19th Century
The large painted plaque depicts a view of the left side torso of a Continental Nobleman wearing the British Order of the Garter...
Category
Late 18th Century Georgian Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Terracotta
“A Football Match, Scotland v. England” Antique Engraving, Proof Edition of 100
By Overend and Smythe
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is the 1889 William H. Overend (1851-1898) and Lionel Smythe (1839-1918) first edition, photogravure of the Calcutta Cup – a Rugby match between Scotland and England, that has been played over 100 times, the first match...
Category
19th Century Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Collection of Late 18th Century English Wax
Plaster Abbey
College Seals
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A collection of four late 18th century replica wax seals, encased in plaster and housed in softwood boxes. They also retain their original pointed oval and circular hand written labe...
Category
Late 18th Century Antique English Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Plaster, Boxwood
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