Artefacts

This little cream jug is modern and very colourful. It has the same design in relief as the older stoneware hunting jug. It is in relief and then coloured. It is delightful.  Crows Auction House, Dorking.

This is a stoneware hunting jug. They come in many shapes some with longer necks, some squatter. This would have been a very popular design, with the hound on the handle, and then a hunting scene, with huntsman and hounds and of course horses. These are all done in low relief.  The stone ware glaze

Every aristocrat had a coat of arms, so did all the guilds. Today the need for a logo, or company insignia, or stamp continues to utilise the concept of needing to be recognised.  That was what the coat of arms implied it told you who was your opponent in the joust, or whose carriage had

Guiseppe Garibaldi was born 4th July 1807 in Nice he died June 2nd 1882 in Caprera Italy. His image would have been very popular in the mid 19th century and a good seller for Staffordshire pottery. Garibaldi’s family were fishermen; he became a merchant captain gaining his master’s certificate. Serving in the Navy 1833-34. He

  No not our present one Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, but Victorian ones.  This Duke of Cambridge was a grandson of King George lll and cousin to Queen Victoria. He was a professional army officer and Commander-in-Chief of the Forcesand subsequently Field Marshall. He was entitled Duke of Cambridge in 1850, which fits in

These were always specific Princes and Princess, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria were the most popular statues. Prince Frederick William of Prussia and Victoria, Princess Royal, born 21st November 1840, were married on the 25th January 1858, at the Chapel Royal in St James’ Palace.  She died of breast cancer in 1901, in Friedrichshof, just

Order: Perissodactyle, Family: Equidea, Genus: Equus Grevy Or should we say: Order: Perissodactyle, Family: Equidea Staffordshire, Genus: Spanish Zebra. This is a lovely Victorian piece about 1850. There were two versions one looking much more like a Zebra with a short, spiky mane and better designed stripes. This one is hilarious, with its Spanish mane,

Louis Napoleon was the son of Hortense Beauharnais the daughter of the Empress Josephine and Napoleon’s brother, Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland. He was born at the Tuilleries Palace in Paris 20th April 1808 and died 9th January 1873. He was elected president of the Second Republic in 1848. He then went on to seize

These key rings all date back to the 50’s they were beautifully made and had leather attachments. These are not imported but would have been made in the UK. 

This delightful bas relief figure would have been attached to a stand. It’s purpose would be as a decoration. It was black when I acquired and I thought it must be iron. I gave it a small polish and revealed a shiny gold underneath and realised it was brass. It is such a charming piece