As the Queen celebrates her official birthday on Saturday June 11 we thought we would take a look at some of the collectables and memorabilia available for collectors. These include offerings from Royal Doulton and smaller potteries such as Hazle Ceramics and Bairstow Pottery, teddies from Merrythought & Steiff, cars […]
Bairstow Pottery, of Stoke have released a commemorative Queen Elizabeth ll character jug to celebrate her 90th Birthday. The Queen Elizabeth ll 90th Birthday Commemorative Character is being produced in a number of colourways including yellow, orange and blue version. The Queen Elizabeth ll 90th Birthday Commemorative Character Jugs can be ordered […]
A superb collection of rare Pelham Puppets went to auction at Bamfords Auctioneers on the 25th May. The collection included some 54 early Pelham Puppets including examples from Alice in Wonderland, Disney, and the SL & SM puppet ranges. This is by far the best Pelham Puppet collection that WCN […]
Bernard Leach the Father of British studio pottery
Robert Harrop are releasing Sir Hector which is the ninth piece in the Robert Harrop Arthurian Knights series. Sir Hector is being produced as a solid fawn Bull Terrier. Sir Hector is the younger half-brother of Lancelot, with whom he shares a father, the King Ban of Benwick. When Lancelot […]
This duo were created by Shelley from characters by Mabel Lucie Attwell for the Shelley China Club USA. Lil Bill is a young boy wearing blue dungarees which falling down at the back and showing his bottom. Lil Bet is a young girl wearing a white floral dress and she is holding a […]
2016 marks the 20th anniversary of the formation of one of the United Kingdom’s most distinctive Railway Operating Companies, English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd, or EWS as it was more commonly known and to mark this anniversary Hornby have released a Limited Edition EWS Freight Train Pack . The merger […]
Corgi are celebrating the 90th Birthday Of HM Queen Elizabeth II with the pre-release with two special commemorative die-cast vehicles: a Routemaster bus and a classic mini, both in regal purple livery. Both models are priced at £9.99 and can ordered from the Corgi web site.
Merrythought, Britain’s last remaining teddy bear factory, has designed a splendid collectable teddy bear in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th birthday, alongside her historic achievement in becoming Britain’s longest reigning monarch. This exquisite piece has been hand crafted in the original workshop in Ironbridge, Shropshire, where Merrythought have been making teddy […]
Bonhams presents 19th Century European Paintings on May 4 at Bonhams New York. Consisting of more than 100 lots, the sale highlights the diversity in European art history — from the traditional views of Paris and modern British paintings of the Newlyn School, to an exquisite group of Orientalist paintings. […]
