by Tom Licence | May 13, 2018
Small ceramic meditating Buddha statuette with the base broken off. Possibly of foreign manufacture.
by Tom Licence | Mar 3, 2016
Plain white ceramic religious ornament involving three women/ angels carrying a cross, an anchor and a heart, these figure representing faith, hope and charity respectively. The base is damaged. Found amid ash and domestic refuse of the 1890s.
by Tom Licence | Feb 26, 2016
Headless ceramic statuette of a boy in a shaggy fleece-like garment surmounting a tunic and waistcoat, with breeches and boots, standing against a brick wall. He is holding a spoon. He may be a character from a nursery rhyme such as Little Jack Horner, Little Tommy...
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Clay pipe bowl decorated with holly and the head of Father Christmas.
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Shrine statuette of praying figures (Mary and John?) facing, before Christ on the Cross. Cherubs and a cross adorn the canopy. Some orange-yellow over-glaze paint has been applied to the base of the shrine and the cherubs’ wings.
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Statuette of praying angel with cross to the rear, symbolising the Annunciation?
by Tom Licence | Jan 17, 2015
Copper alloy gilt brooch, showing Vishnu reclining on the serpent Ananta. The pin is missing. Victorian London had a small Hindu population.
by Tom Licence | Jan 11, 2015
Part of a bowl, with a red transfer showing the logo of the Salvation Army (introduced in 1879), beneath the words ‘Food and Shelter’.
