Commemorative Collection

View of the lagoon from Piazzetta San Marco in the rain. The monolithic column topped by a statue of the Lion of St. Mark

Woven Wool Coverlet, c. 1937. Creator: William P. Shearwood
Woven Wool Coverlet, c. 1937

Wartime Toby jugs, WW1
Advertisement for Soane & Smith of Oxford Street, promoting their range of Toby jugs based on wartime leaders, principally Sir David Beatty, Sir Douglas Haig, Lord Jellicoe, Marshal Joffre

Coastguards and civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey
Commemorative postcard, Heroes All! Five brave coastguards and two civilians of Leysdown, Isle of Sheppey, Kent, who rescued 20 members of the 2nd Walworth Boy Scouts Troop who got into difficulties

John Fitzgerald Kennedy
A commemorative postcard for the 35th President of the USA, John Fitzgerald Kennedy

6 Bruce Bairnsfather postcards
Set of 6 Bruce Bairnsfather postcards, Series 9. Published by The Bystander - in original brown envelope. Commemorative Art

Soviet poster commemorating Yuri Gagarin
Soviet poster commemorating the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin on 12th April 1961. Gagarins flight lasted 108 minutes

Moustache cup commemorating Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (ceramic)
BAL2486 Moustache cup commemorating Victorias Diamond Jubilee, 1897 (ceramic) by English School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Victoria (1819-1901); ); English, out of copyright

Illustrated London News Accession of George VI, 1936 cover
Front cover of the Illustrated London News, Accession Number reporting on the abdication of King Edward VIII and the accession of his younger brother, Albert

Churchill / Domenica 1965
WINSTON CHURCHILL Commemorative portrait, with scenes from his life

Snow shovellers in Piazza della Signoria in Florence after an exceptional snowfall Florence piazza della Signoria. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

The Pall Mall Gazette - Armistice Signed - Official
Newspaper - The Pall Mall Gazette - Monday November 11 1918 with headline Armistice Signed - Official. Commemorative Art

Eternal Flame at Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial at Mamajev Kurgan Hill. The Memorial Hall of Honour with the Eternal Flame. Date: 2010

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad) - The Battle of Stalingrad Memorial (fought during World War Two between August - January 1942/43)

16th century map of Venice showing the lagoon. Venice is a coastal city in the north-east of Italy. The main bulk of Venice is in the upper frame of the image

Ten postcards Ypres, Before, During and After the War
Ten postcards. Ypres, Before, During and After the War - Series. No. 3. Photographed by Antony of Ypres. Commemorative Art

Writing desk set with Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32
Writing desk set with glass inkwells, together with a piece of Duralium metal from Zeppelin L32 and a silver plaque engraved L32, Billericay, September 23rd 1916. Commemorative Ware

Islamic panel of Othman bin Afan (God Bless him), the fourth Muslim ruler after Prophet Mohammad, Hagia Sophia Museum, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Two Wedgwood Mugs Designed by Eric Ravilious, 1944. Creator: Unknown
Two Wedgwood Mugs Designed by Eric Ravilious, 1944. Wedgwood Commemorations mug - Etruria 1730: Barlaston 1940; Edward VIII Coronation mug dated 1937

105th Mahratta Light Infantry - Christmas and New Year card
105th Mahratta Light Infantry. Christmas and New Year card - Karachi 1922.. Commemorative Art

Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
USA, New York City, Manhattan, Prometheus statue, Rockefeller Center Plaza

British Empire Plate
Commemorative plate celebrating Victorias Golden Jubilee and the British Empire

Arch of Titus. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Arch of Titus. Erected in the year 81 to commemorate the conquest of Titus against the Jews. It features carved scenes of the conquest and subsequent destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)

Commemorative portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
This is a commemorative portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a young couple

Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Corfu. Gree
Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg (1661-1747). Marshal defender of the city of Corfu of the Turkish invasion of 1716. Marble statue. Corfu. Ionian Islands. Greece

King George V - Silver Jubilee celebration postcard, featuring portraits of the King and Queen Mary and a view of Buckingham Palace, London. Date: 1935

Mother Russia Statue - Battle of Stalingrad Memorial
Russia, Volgograd (Zaryzin, Stalingrad). Battle of Stalingrad Memorial, Mamajev Kurgan Hill. Russian soldiers in battle statue and massive Mother Russia statue. Date: 2010

Marie and Pierre Curie, French physicists
Marie and Pierre Curie. Marie Curie (1867-1934, nee Marya Sklodowska), was born in Poland. In 1891 she became a student at the Sorbonne university in Paris, France

Roll of Honour. Commemorative Art
Roll of Honour of 18158 Private F G Outlaw, Z Company, 6th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, including photograph. Commemorative Art

The Duchess of York at the time of her wedding, 1923 (1935). Ardath cigarette card, from a series of 50 commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V, 1935

Bird s-eye view of the Eiffel Tower at the time of the opening of the Paris Exposition of 1889. Designed by the French civil engineer Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923)

ROMAN ART. Roman marble relief from a conmmemorative monument to the Battle of Actium (31 BC). Detail of a processional scene. Museum of Fine Arts. Budapest. Hungary

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelp
United States. The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. Horticultural Hall. The Spanish and American Illustration (1876)

Memorial Plate - Portraits of Kitchener and Jellicoe
Memorial Plate. England expects that every man will do his duty and. did his. Contains portraits of Kitchener and Jellicoe. Commemorative Ware

Leaflet advertising Remembrance Day, 11th November 1927. Wear a Flanders Poppy - British Legion Appeals Department, 26 Eccleston Square, London SW1. Commemorative Art

Boer War Memorial unveiling, Haverfordwest, South Wales
Commemorative photograph of the unveiling of the Boer War Memorial at St Mary the Virgin Church, High Street, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

Victoria Tower
Built to commemorate Queen Victorias Jubilee. Situated in Almondbury, West Yorkshire. IoE 339662

View of the Roman Forum (Imperial Forums) "in moonlight", Rome Rome Fori Imperiali (Imperial Forums) Trimphal Arch Late Antique Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Trinit dei Monti Rome Church High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1900 ca.. Date of Artwork:1502-1585

Piazza Cavour, Vercelli Vercelli. Date of Photograph:1974

Piazza della Rotonda (or of the Pantheon), Rome Rome Piazza della Rotonda (or of the Pantheon) Temple Hadrianic Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Detail of the barrel-vault of the Arch of Tito, across from which the Colusseum is visible. Roman Forum, Rome. Rome Roman Forum Trimphal Arch Flavian Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

The Colosseum, the Meta Sudante and, on the right, the arch of Costantine Rome Foro Romano (Roman Forum), Colosseum Arena, Amphitheater Flavian Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe

Animated view of Via degli Strozzi in Florence Florence Via degli Strozzi. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Duke of Wellington commemorative plate with surround featuring important events and battles. 19th century

United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields. Me
United States. New York. Central Park. Strawberry Fields, dedicated to the memory of the musician John Lennon. Memorial mosaic. Imagine. Detail

Women war workers by the sculptor Clare Sheridan
A set of figurines of women war workers sculpted by Mrs Wilfred Sheridan aka the sculptor Clare Consuelo Frewen Sheridan, which were destined for the Womens Work Section of the new Imperial War

JANE ADDAMS (1860-1935). American social worker and cofounder of Hull House in Chicago. U. S
JANE ADDAMS (1860-1935). American social worker and cofounder of Hull House in Chicago. U.S. commemorative postage stamp, 1940

1879 Charles Darwin at eighty years old
1879 Photograph by Elliot and Fry. According to Gene Kritsky, who maintains an archive of Darwin photographs, this was from a session at his home, Down House, in 1879

Immanuel Kant / Statue
IMMANUEL KANT German philosopher: commemorative statue in Konigsberg Date: 1724 - 1804

The Romans (coloured engraving)
3630114 The Romans (coloured engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Romans. Illustration from Bilder aus dem Alterthume (Braun & Schneider, Munich)

The Cenotaph, Whitehall, London. The Cenotaph is the site of the annual national service of remembrance when those who fell in the Great War and subsequent conflicts are remembered

Booths bone china flared beaker. Hand-enamelled transfer. Portrait of Britannia entitled The Flag which never comes down. Royal Coat of Arms on reverse. Commemorative Ware

Commemorative card, convoy to Canadian troops, WW1
Commemorative card, British convoy to Canadian troops, arriving Plymouth, 14 October 1914. HMS Eclipse, Diana, Glory, Talbot and Charybdis acted as convoy to 32 liners carrying 33

Shree Gha Buddhist Stupa, Thamel, Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888). American author. U. S. commemorative postage stamp, 1940
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832-1888). American author. U.S. commemorative postage stamp, 1940

Dr Lehwess - Round the World By Car - at Moorlake
Dr Lehwess Round the world by car - 1902 - a commemorative card from Moorlake, Germany. A journey attempted by Dr Lehwess in his car Passe Partout

G Washington / Postcard
GEORGE WASHINGTON First American President

A pair of Wedgewood mugs commemorating the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
1766850 A pair of Wedgewood mugs commemorating the coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1953 (ceramic) by Ravilious

Ulugh Beg, also known as Mirzo Ulugbek, statue, at Ulugh Beg Observatory, Samarkand
Uzbekistan, Samarkand, Ulugh Beg, also known as Mirzo Ulugbek, statue, at Ulugh Beg Observatory

Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z - 'Sentimental Journey'
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress N9323Z / 44-83514 'Sentimental Journey' (msn 32155), of the Commemorative Air Force. Date: circa 1992

Consolidated PBY-6A Catalina N7179Y (msn 0226, Hull no 2168, ex 64097), of the Commemorative Air Force. Date: circa 1995

Rochester Centennial - 1st Ct. House, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Rochester Centennial - 1st Ct. House, between c1910 and c1915

Sauce Boat From The George Washington Memorial Service, c1800. Creator: Unknown
Sauce Boat From The George Washington Memorial Service, c1800

General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
General J.F. Bell, between c1915 and c1920. Shows General James Franklin Bell (1856-1919), Commander of the Department of the East at the exercises held on the steps of City Hall, New York City

Octagonal Plate From The George Washington Memorial Service, c1800. Creator: Unknown
Octagonal Plate From The George Washington Memorial Service, c1800

Dedication of the Monument on the battle-field of Bull Run, Virginia, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Dedication of the Monument on the battle-field of Bull Run, Virginia, 1865. Two battles - that of July 21, 1861, and that of Aug

The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Seal of the National Shakspeare Committee, 1864. Commemoration of the Tercentenary of Shakespeare's birth. We have engraved the design of the official seal of the National Shakspeare

The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: unveiling a bust of Shakspeare... Agricultural Hall, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Shakspeare Commemoration in London: unveiling a bust of Shakspeare at the Agricultural Hall, 1864. View of a musical and dramatic fete at the Agricultural Hall

HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (future Edward VII), 1863 (litho)
XND75988 HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (future Edward VII), 1863 (litho); Private Collection; (add.info.: HRH Albert Edward)

Jigsaw puzzle depicting Prince Albert, c.1840
BAL1504 Jigsaw puzzle depicting Prince Albert, c.1840; d cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1819-61); game commemorating his marriage with Queen Victoria in 1840;)

Piazza delle Erbe with the market and Maffei's Palace in the background, Verona
3568714 Piazza delle Erbe with the market and Maffei's Palace in the background, Verona by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Piazza delle Erbe, Verona 1890 ca)

Place de la Bastille in Paris with the bronze Colonne de Juillet in the center
3570900 Place de la Bastille in Paris with the bronze Colonne de Juillet in the center. In the background, a tree-lined avenue flanked by tall buildings by Unknown photographer

View of Rome with the Temple of Winner Venus
3560778 View of Rome with the Temple of Winner Venus by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Rome 1870 ca. Date of Artwork: II - III secc)

Animated view of Piazza Navona in Rome, with the Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone
3560765 Animated view of Piazza Navona in Rome, with the Church of Sant'Agnese in Agone by Unknown photographer, (19th century); (add.info.: Piazza Navona, Rome 1870 ca. Date of Artwork: VII sec)

Celebrations on the anniversary of Belgian independence, Brussels (engraving)
8676930 Celebrations on the anniversary of Belgian independence, Brussels (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Celebrating the millenary of King Edward the Elder (litho)
8672111 Celebrating the millenary of King Edward the Elder (litho) by Sheldon-Williams, Henry Inglis Jodrel (1870-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

Grenade-thrower, 1750 (inset) Grenadier Guardsman, 1939 (colour photo)
8668618 Grenade-thrower, 1750 (inset) Grenadier Guardsman, 1939 (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Grenade-thrower)

Hoisting Nelson's Signal on Trafalgar Day, HMS "Victory" (colour photo)
8669212 Hoisting Nelson's Signal on Trafalgar Day, HMS "Victory" (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza del Duomo in Milan
3563007 The Monument of Vittorio Emanuele II in Piazza del Duomo in Milan by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: Piazza del Duomo)

La roche du Calvaire, Saint-Mihiel; postcard
3575780 La roche du Calvaire, Saint-Mihiel; postcard; (add.info.: Saint-Mihiel, France 1910 ca. Photographer: Levy, A.); Alinari Archives, Florence

View of a group of Egyptians in traditional dress at the entrance of the Great Pyramid of Cheops
3561956 View of a group of Egyptians in traditional dress at the entrance of the Great Pyramid of Cheops. Cairo, El Giza, 1885 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Cairo, El Giza)

Westminster Abbey in London
3561573 Westminster Abbey in London by Unknown photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: London, Great Britain 1900-1910 ca. Date of Artwork: XIII-XVIII secc)

View of the equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II seen from the top, Rome
3559506 View of the equestrian statue of Vittorio Emanuele II seen from the top, Rome by Fratelli Alinari (fl.1854-1920); (add.info.: Artist: Gallori, Emilio;Chiaradia)

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"Preserving History: A Collection Treasures" Step back in time with these remarkable commemorative artifacts that capture significant moments and individuals throughout history. From wartime memorabilia to iconic figures, each piece tells a unique story. Immerse yourself in the bravery of soldiers during WW1 with Wartime Toby jugs, reminding us of their sacrifices. Remember the charismatic leadership of John Fitzgerald Kennedy through photographs that depict his captivating presence. Churchill and Domenica's union is forever etched in our memories - a love story celebrated by an exquisite memento from 1965. Explore the wit and humor of Bruce Bairnsfather's postcards, offering glimpses into life during tumultuous times. Travel back to the 16th century as you marvel at a map showcasing Venice's grandeur, evoking images of gondolas gliding through its enchanting canals. The Pall Mall Gazette headline announcing the signing of Armistice takes us straight to that historic moment when peace was restored. Sip your tea from a delicate ceramic moustache cup commemorating Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, transporting you to an era filled with elegance and regality. Admire the Soviet poster honoring Yuri Gagarin, symbolizing humanity's leap into space exploration. Witness Ypres' transformation before, during, and after war through ten poignant postcards that encapsulate resilience amidst destruction. Delve into Leysdown on Isle of Sheppey where coastguards and civilians united against adversity - their stories engraved within every photograph. Discover Islamic heritage with Othman bin Afan's panel - a testament to faith and devotion passed down generations since Prophet Mohammad himself. Marvel at a writing desk set crafted from Zeppelin L32's Duralium metal; it whispers tales from above as airships once ruled the skies. These commemorative treasures offer more than just material value; they connect us to our past, reminding us of the triumphs and tribulations that shaped our world.