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Auction archive: Lot number 99

A full set of Wilkinson's Character jugs

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
£6,000
ca. US$8,535
Auction archive: Lot number 99

A full set of Wilkinson's Character jugs

Estimate
n. a.
Price realised:
£6,000
ca. US$8,535
Beschreibung:

A full set of Wilkinson's Character jugs designed by Sir F Carruthers Gould, comprising Lord Kitchener, holding a jug inscribed 'Bitter for the KAISER', 25cm high, Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought', 26.5cm high, Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'PUSH AND GO' to the base, 27cm high, Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'HELL FIRE JACK', 26cm high, Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce que joffre', 25.5cm high, Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Francais', 26cm high, the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'SHELL OUT!', 25cm high, Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'AU DIABLE LE KAISER' and a glass, 31.5cm high, General Botha, holding a jug inscribed 'LOYALTY', 26.5cm high, Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'WELCOME! UNCLE SAM', 27cm high, and King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'PRO PATRIA', 30cm high, all with printed marks, facsimile signatures and retailer's marks for Soane & Smith (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 99
Auction:
Datum:
2 Mar 2016
Auction house:
Halls Holdings Ltd.
Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way
Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR
United Kingdom
fineart@hallsgb.com
+44 (0)1743 450700
Beschreibung:

A full set of Wilkinson's Character jugs designed by Sir F Carruthers Gould, comprising Lord Kitchener, holding a jug inscribed 'Bitter for the KAISER', 25cm high, Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought', 26.5cm high, Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'PUSH AND GO' to the base, 27cm high, Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'HELL FIRE JACK', 26cm high, Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce que joffre', 25.5cm high, Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Francais', 26cm high, the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'SHELL OUT!', 25cm high, Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'AU DIABLE LE KAISER' and a glass, 31.5cm high, General Botha, holding a jug inscribed 'LOYALTY', 26.5cm high, Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'WELCOME! UNCLE SAM', 27cm high, and King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'PRO PATRIA', 30cm high, all with printed marks, facsimile signatures and retailer's marks for Soane & Smith (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 99
Auction:
Datum:
2 Mar 2016
Auction house:
Halls Holdings Ltd.
Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way
Battlefield, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR
United Kingdom
fineart@hallsgb.com
+44 (0)1743 450700
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