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.
