Local ceramics
 

Just thought I'd start a thread on this subject.

I just have a few pieces but someone else may have something to show.

A popular souvenir during the early part of the last century which got a 'second wind' during the Great War was 'crested china'. These are small ceramic 'models' with a crest or coat of arms of the town or village in which purchased . There are many thousands of different 'models' and thousands of crests. Not locally made, but certainly sold from local shops.

I'm sure today you can go to Blackpool and purchase a ceramic model of the Blackpool tower but in Edwardian times that type of souvenir was available almost everywhere.

A popular theme for models are 'ancient artifacts' such as bronze age urns and vessels, but literally everything was modeled. Once the war got started a military theme for the models became popular, tanks, ships, guns, shells, and a myriad of other war paraphernalia was modeled.

This one is, I think, a model of an egg with the Amble crest. I've come across two crests for Amble, one with 'miners' as shown.


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...sted-china.jpg

This one has the same Amble crest but easier to see as it's a larger model. "Model of Cinerary Urn found at Northwich" by Arcadian China.


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...-urn-amble.jpg

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...rn-amble-2.jpg

Same model by Arcadian, but with a different style of Amble crest.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...rn-amble-3.jpg

"Model of Ancient Tyg". Again by Arcadian.

http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...-tyg-amble.jpg

Away from crested china here's a local royal commemorative. 1935 Silver Jubilee plate from Togston Terrace and Broomhill Cooperative Society.


http://www.coquetandcoast.co.uk/imag...tive-plate.jpg