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<font size=5><center>'''Heraldic or Crested China'''</center></font>
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Crested china is the name for small porcelain souvenirs printed with civic arms from the early 20th century. These small items were issued in a large number of shapes and sizes, but were generally only a few cm high. They were issued by a number of companies in the United Kingdom and were enormously popular. There are therefore tens of thousands of these small items known. Below a small collection of such items. Click on the images for a larger image. See also : http://www.gosscollectorsclub.org/
Crested china is the name for small porcelain souvenirs printed with civic arms from the early 20th century typical for United Kingdom. It is part of the larger category of [[Heraldic souvenir ware]]. These small items were issued in a large number of shapes and sizes, but were generally only a few cm high. They were issued by a number of companies in the United Kingdom and were enormously popular. There are therefore tens of thousands of these small items known. Below a small collection of such items. Click on the images for a larger image.  


The main company, Goss, also issued [[Goss postcards|postcards]] with heraldic china.
The main company, Goss, also issued [[Goss postcards|postcards]] with heraldic china. See also : http://www.gosscollectorsclub.org/


These items can be catalogued/listed in many ways; by producer, by type of figure, by size, by date or by the coats of arms. As this is an heraldic site, the latter was chosen.
These items can be catalogued/listed in many ways; by producer, by type of figure, by size, by date or by the coats of arms. As this is an heraldic site, the latter was chosen.
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In the overview below the name of the arms is mentioned, followed by the name of producer, name of item (when specified) and the height in mm, or, in some cases, the length (marked as (l)).
In the overview below the name of the arms is mentioned, followed by the name of producer, name of item (when specified) and the height in mm, or, in some cases, the length (marked as (l)).


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All non UK items are listed under [[Heraldic souvenir ware]].
==UK==
 
==Civic arms==


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File:Yelverton.crc.jpg|Yelverton<br>Willow<br>50 mm
File:Yelverton.crc.jpg|Yelverton<br>Willow<br>50 mm
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==Non UK==
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File:amiens.crc.jpg|[[Amiens]]<br>Goss<br>Urn from Kirkpark<br>50 mm
File:koln.crc.jpg|Cologne ([[Köln]])<br>Goss<Roman jug<br>64 mm
File:dublin.crc.jpg|[[Dublin]]<br>Arcadian<br>63 mm
File:eutin.crc.jpg|[[Eutin]]<br>Plankenfels<br>(modern)<br>92 mm
File:india.crc.jpg|India<br>Arcadian<br>45 mm
File:eastlondon.crc.jpg|[[East London]]<br>Grafton<br>95 mm (l)
File:jeruzalem.crc.jpg|Jeruzalem<br>Willow<br>92 mm
File:Killarney.crc.jpg<br>[[Killarney]]<br>Gemma<br>70 mm
File:paris.crc.jpg|[[Paris]]<br>Queens Crest<br>60 mm
File:queenstown.crc.jpg|[[Cobh|Queenstown]]<br>Shamrock<br>63
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==Personal arms==
==Personal arms==
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File:shakespeare.crc.jpg|William Shakespeare<br>Arcadian<br>53 mm
File:shakespeare.crc.jpg|William Shakespeare<br>Arcadian<br>53 mm
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[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:United Kingdom]]
[[Category:UK all]]
[[Category:British heraldry]]

Latest revision as of 08:24, 28 January 2024

Heraldic or Crested China

Crested china is the name for small porcelain souvenirs printed with civic arms from the early 20th century typical for United Kingdom. It is part of the larger category of Heraldic souvenir ware. These small items were issued in a large number of shapes and sizes, but were generally only a few cm high. They were issued by a number of companies in the United Kingdom and were enormously popular. There are therefore tens of thousands of these small items known. Below a small collection of such items. Click on the images for a larger image.

The main company, Goss, also issued postcards with heraldic china. See also : http://www.gosscollectorsclub.org/

These items can be catalogued/listed in many ways; by producer, by type of figure, by size, by date or by the coats of arms. As this is an heraldic site, the latter was chosen.

In the overview below the name of the arms is mentioned, followed by the name of producer, name of item (when specified) and the height in mm, or, in some cases, the length (marked as (l)).

All non UK items are listed under Heraldic souvenir ware.

Civic arms

  • Aberdeen
    Imperial
    78 mm

  • Aberystwyth
    Arcadian
    60 mm

  • Aberystwyth
    Arcadian
    44 mm

  • Alton
    Arcadian
    56 mm

  • Amesbury Abbey
    Arcadian
    54 mm

  • Arbroath
    unmarked
    53 mm

  • Ascot
    Unmarked
    33 mm

  • Barmouth
    Victoria
    55 mm

  • Barton-on-Humber
    Foley
    Bowl from Glastonbury
    38 mm

  • Bath
    Savoy
    30 mm

  • Bath
    Grafton
    41 mm

  • Bath
    Florentine
    52 mm

  • Bedford
    Willow
    Bunyans chair
    91 mm

  • Bedford
    Arcadian
    56 mm

  • Beer
    Arcadian
    45 mm

  • Belfast
    Goss
    Swiss milk bucket
    58 mm

  • Belfast
    Swan
    Picher from Devon
    60 mm

  • Bexhill-on-Sea
    British
    75 mm

  • Bexhill
    Gemma
    58 mm

  • Bexhill
    Foley
    Dutch Sabot
    84 mm (l)

  • Bexhill
    Gemma
    70 mm (l)

  • Bexhill
    Arcadian
    64 mm

  • Bexhill
    Unmarked
    63 mm

  • Birmingham
    Carlton
    75 mm

  • Birmingham
    Unmarked
    66 mm

  • Birmingham
    Carlton
    The Old Arm Chair
    86 mm

  • Birmingham
    Gemma
    82 mm

  • Blackpool
    Goss
    65 mm

  • Blackpool
    Unmarked
    95 mm

  • Blackpool
    Palatin
    82 mm (l)

  • Blackpool
    Shelley
    Sacred vase from Tibet
    60 mm

  • Blackpool
    Victoria
    80 mm

  • Bognor
    Corona
    75 mm

  • Bognor
    Unmarked
    68 mm

  • Bognor
    Goss
    Ewer from Hunstanton
    70 mm

  • Boscastle
    Goss
    Exeter vase
    60 mm

  • Boscombe
    Shelley
    Roman urn
    50 mm

  • Bournemouth
    Gemma
    5 pieces

  • Bournemouth
    Unmarked
    50 mm

  • Bournemouth
    unmarked (Florentine)
    93 mm (l)

  • Bradford
    English
    48 mm

  • Brasted
    Grafton
    85 mm

  • Brecon
    Shelley
    Glastonbury vase
    48 mm

  • Bridlington

  • Bridlington
    for E.C. Spall
    116 mm (l)

  • Bridlington
    Unmarked
    77 mm

  • Bridgwater
    Goss
    Bowl from Glastonbury
    38 mm

  • Brighton
    Grafton
    Roman vase
    62 mm

  • Brighton
    ?
    Ancient Egyptan vase
    45 mm

  • Brighton
    Unmarked
    Old English puzzle jug
    65 mm

  • Brighton
    Gemma
    55 mm

  • Brighton
    Goss
    Old Spanish jug
    53 mm

  • Bristol
    Willow
    80 mm

  • Bristol
    Unmarked
    70 mm

  • Bristol
    Arcadian
    80 mm

  • Bristol
    Gemma
    83 mm

  • Brixham
    Carlton
    80 mm

  • Broadstairs
    Grafton
    75 mm

  • Broadstairs
    Arcadian
    Puppy
    68 mm

  • Broadstairs
    Willow
    50 mm

  • Bude
    Unmarked
    60 mm

  • Buxton
    Victoria
    57 mm

  • Caldbeck
    Grafton
    52 mm (l)

  • Cambridge
    Gemma
    40 mm

  • Cambridge
    Florentine
    60 mm

  • Canterbury
    Pilgrim leather bottell
    45 mm

  • Canterbury
    Unmarked
    Chair of Bishop of Canterbury
    92 mm

  • Cardiff
    Rowena
    68 mm

  • Carlisle (See of)
    Goss
    Ancient covered jarra from Gran Canaria
    42 mm

  • Chatham
    Goss
    35 mm

  • Cheddar
    Arcadian
    72 mm

  • Chelsea
    Unmarked
    48 mm

  • Chester
    Grafton
    60 mm

  • Chester
    Grafton
    80 mm

  • Chester
    Florentine>br>65 mm

  • Chichester
    Goss
    38 mm

  • Chiswick
    Arcadian
    61 mm (l)

  • Cirencester

  • Clacton-on-Sea
    Goss
    Irish Mather
    75 mm

  • Clacton-on-Sea
    Unmarked
    62 mm

  • Clevedon
    O.S.L.
    36 mm

  • Clevedon
    Grafton
    45 mm

  • Colchester
    Unmarked
    114 mm (l)

  • Colwyn Bay
    Victoria
    50 mm

  • Colwyn Bay
    Unmarked
    45 mm

  • Colwyn Bay
    Unmarked
    48 mm

  • Coventry
    Unmarked
    40 mm

  • Cowes
    Carlton China
    5 mm

  • Crewkerne
    Arcadian
    50 mm

  • Cromarty
    Goss
    55 mm

  • Cromer
    Rounce & Worthley
    63 mm

  • Cromer
    British
    82 mm

  • Cromer
    Arcadian
    36 mm

  • Crowland Abbey
    Arcadian
    35 mm

  • Dartmouth
    Carlton
    45 mm

  • Dawlish
    Swan
    45 mm

  • Derby
    Arcadian
    Puppy
    68 mm

  • Derby
    Arcadian
    65 mm

  • Devon
    Goss
    Roman-Salopian Ewer
    70 mm

  • Devonport
    Arcadian
    45 mm

  • Douglas
    Victoria
    70 mm

  • Douglas
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Douglas
    Grafton China
    Dish
    20 mm

  • Douglas
    Carlton
    78 mm

  • Droitwich
    Royal Coburg
    53 mm

  • Dumfries
    Willow
    80 mm

  • Dunmow Priory
    Foley
    50 mm

  • Dunwich
    Tuscan
    33 mm

  • Durham
    Goss
    Welsh milk can
    51 mm

  • Ealing
    Shelley
    85 mm

  • Ealing
    Unmarked
    53 mm

  • Ealing
    Unmarked
    Old English puzzle jug
    65 mm

  • Eastbourne
    Unmarked
    90 mm

  • Eastbourne
    Savoy
    60 mm (l)

  • Edinburgh
    Unmarked
    66 mm

  • Edinburgh
    Corona
    78 mm

  • Elie
    Carlton
    Roman salopian
    75 mm

  • Eton College
    Carlton
    55 mm

  • Exeter
    Carlton
    The Old Arm Chair
    86 mm

  • Felixtowe
    Florentine
    47 mm

  • Ferndale
    Arcadian
    59 mm (l)

  • Fulham
    Unmarked
    32 mm

  • Gillingham
    Arcadian
    58 mm

  • Glasgow
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Gloucester
    Alexndra
    55 mm

  • Gloucester
    Florentine
    82 mm

  • Grantham
    Willow
    Chair of Sir Walter Scott
    90 mm

  • Grasmere
    Carlton
    95 mm

  • Great Malvern
    Corona
    50 mm

  • Great Yarmouth
    Unmarked
    75 mm

  • Greenwich
    Unmakred
    35 mm

  • HammersmithFlorentine
    71 mm

  • Hammersmith
    Fenton China
    56 mm

  • Hammersmith
    Unmarked
    40 mm

  • Harlech
    Vistoria
    58 mm

  • Hatlock Bath
    Arcadian
    55 mm

  • Hayling Island
    Arms of Gymeges
    Unmarked
    59 mm

  • Hayling Island
    Arms of Gymeges
    Unmarked
    50 mm

  • Hereford
    Arcadian
    52 mm

  • Hertford
    Arcadian
    78 mm (l)

  • Hertfordshire
    Goss
    38 mm

  • Heswall
    Victoria
    70 mm

  • Holt
    Goss
    Vase from Silchester
    49 mm

  • Holywell
    Unmarked
    66 mm

  • Ilfracombe
    Goss
    36 mm

  • Ilfracombe
    Grafton
    48 mm

  • Ipswich
    Grafton
    42 mm

  • Ipswich
    Goss
    Ewer from Ipswich
    62 mm

  • Isle of Wight
    Arcadian
    54 mm

  • Isle of Wight
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Isle of Wight
    Corona
    50 mm

  • Isle of Wight
    Unmarked
    45 mm

  • Isle of Wight
    Willow
    120 mm (l)

  • Kent

  • Keswick
    Goss
    Roman ewer
    86 mm

  • Keswick
    Willow
    36 mm

  • Killin
    WH&C
    Herald Series
    65 mm

  • Kinver
    Unmarked
    77 mm

  • Lancashire
    Carlton
    46 mm

  • Ledbury
    Florentine
    60 mm

  • Leeds
    Carlton
    45 mm

  • Leeds
    Gemma
    50 mm

  • Leicester
    British
    75 mm

  • Leicester
    Gemma
    45 mm

  • Leicester
    made for E.C. Spall
    90 mm (l)

  • Leicester
    Unmarked
    60 mm

  • Lichfield
    Goss
    38 mm

  • Diocese of Lichfield
    Unmarked
    55 mm

  • Lincoln
    Unmarked
    70 mm

  • Littlehampton
    Gemma
    88 mm (l)

  • Littlehampton
    Unmarked
    60 mm

  • Liverpool
    Pilgrim leather bottell
    45 mm

  • Llanberis
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Llanduno
    Victoria
    98 mm

  • Llanduno
    Not marked
    50 mm

  • Llanduno
    Unmarked
    74 mm

  • Llangollen
    Empress
    55 mm

  • Llangollen
    Victoria
    English Bardic chair
    90 mm

  • London
    Aldwich China
    55 mm

  • London
    Unmarked
    64 mm

  • London
    Dainty Ware
    80 mm

  • Louth
    Arcadian
    91 mm

  • Louth
    Arcadian
    86 mm

  • Louth
    Willow
    62 mm

  • Lowestoft
    Grafton
    100 mm (l)

  • Lowestoft
    English
    74 mm

  • Lowestoft
    ?
    41 mm

  • Lowestoft
    Milton
    85 mm

  • Maidstone
    Queens
    54 mm

  • Manchester
    Unmarked
    40 mm

  • Manchester
    Gemma<br<57 mm

  • Manchester
    Carlton
    34 mm

  • Margate
    Goss
    Cinerary urn from Ramsey
    60 mm

  • Matlock
    Victoria
    78 mm

  • Matlock
    Victoria
    70 mm (l)

  • Matlock
    Arcadian
    69 mm (l)

  • Matlock
    Arcadian
    52 mm

  • Morecambe
    Shelley
    69 mm

  • Morecambe
    Grafton
    56 mm

  • Morecambe
    Willow
    60 mm

  • Newbridge Mon
    WY KUCT
    130 mm

  • New Brighton
    Unmarked
    48 mm

  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    British
    85 mm

  • Newcastle-on-Tyne
    Foley
    60 mm

  • Newquay
    Arcadian
    60 mm

  • Northampton
    Arcadian
    52 mm

  • Norwich
    Willow
    77 mm

  • Nottingham
    Unmarked
    64 mm

  • Nottingham
    Florentine
    93 mm (l)

  • Nottingham
    Corona
    55 mm

  • Onbersley

  • Ongar
    Swan China
    60 mm (l)

  • Ongar
    Grafton
    40 mm

  • Ongar
    Willow
    52 mm

  • Ongar
    Arcadian
    56 mm

  • Oxford
    Willow Art
    Bell
    70 mm

  • Oxford
    Unmarked
    63 mm

  • Parkstone
    Unmarked
    58 mm

  • Perth
    J.K.T. Fair city series
    55 mm

  • Peterborough
    Carlton
    for E. Gill,Peterborough
    50 mm

  • Peterborough
    Queen Crest China
    Silchester vase
    50 mm

  • Pevensey
    Savoy
    37 mm

  • Pinner
    Arcadian
    54 mm

  • Plymouth
    Arcadian
    40 mm

  • Portsmouth
    Unmarked
    115 mm (l)

  • Portsmouth
    Arcadian
    Exeter vase
    65 mm

  • Powey
    unmarked
    90 mm (l)

  • Prestatyn
    Arcadian
    44 mm

  • Putney
    Royal Ivory
    39 mm

  • Ramsgate
    Germany
    67 mm

  • Ramsgate
    Florentine
    60 mm

  • Reading
    Fenton China
    54 mm

  • Reading
    Willow
    56 mm

  • Reading
    Florentine
    60 mm

  • Reading
    Premier
    75 mm

  • Reading
    Arcadian
    60 mm

  • Redcar
    Nautilus
    50 mm

  • Redhill
    Botolph
    102 mm

  • Reigate
    Clifton
    60 mm

  • Rhyl
    Unmarked
    80 mm

  • Richmond
    Unmarked
    68 mm

  • Ringwood
    Arcadian
    47 mm

  • Rochester
    Unmarked
    57 mm

  • Rothesay
    Grafton
    52 mm

  • Ryde
    Corona
    55 mm

  • Salisbury
    Coronet
    62 mm

  • Salisbury
    Arcadian
    Parrot
    80 mm

  • Salisbury
    Willow
    Chair of Mary Queen of Scots
    86 mm

  • Sandgate
    Willow
    35 mm

  • Sandown
    Carlton
    44 mm

  • Sandown
    Corona
    50 mm

  • Scarborough
    Unmarked
    45 mm

  • Scarborough
    unmarked
    40 mm

  • Scarborough
    Grafton
    70 mm

  • Scilly isles

  • Seaview
    Arcadian
    46 mm

  • Sherbourne
    Corona China
    57 mm

  • Shrewsbury
    German
    50 mm

  • Shoreham
    Carlton
    63 mm

  • Skegness
    Unmarked
    68 mm

  • Skegness
    Grafton China
    Vessel from London
    42 mm

  • Skegness
    Unmarked<Clock tower Skegness
    124 mm

  • Skegness
    Germany
    100 mm

  • Southampton
    Grafton
    38 mm

  • Southampton
    Unmarked
    115 mm (l)

  • Southampton
    Arcadian
    78 mm (l)

  • Southampton
    Crafton
    For J.W. Savage
    Ancient Swiss urn
    40 mm

  • Southend-on-Sea
    Unmarked

  • Southend-on-Sea
    Gemma
    61 mm

  • Southend-on-Sea
    Czechoslovakia
    40 mm

  • Southend-on-Sea
    Carlton
    60 mm (l)

  • Southend-on-Sea
    Queens
    45 mm

  • Southport
    Unmarked
    68 mm

  • Southsea
    Unmarked
    80 mm

  • Southsea
    Carlton
    62 mm

  • Southsea
    Grafton
    73 mm

  • Spalding
    Arcadian
    90 mm

  • Stanhope
    Swan
    45 mm

  • St. Ives
    Grafton
    30 mm

  • St. Ives
    Grafton
    120 mm (l)

  • Stockbridge
    Arcadian
    55 mm

  • Stourport
    Gemma
    45 mm

  • Stratford-upon-Avon
    Corona
    55 mm

  • Stratford-upon-Avon
    Unmarked
    55 mm

  • Stroud
    Gemma
    40 mm

  • Sutton-on-Sea
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Swansea
    Florentine
    56 mm

  • Swansea
    unmarked
    33 mm

  • Swansea
    Unmarked
    35 mm

  • Swindon
    Alexandra China
    55 mm

  • Sydenham
    Arcadian
    50 mm

  • Taunton
    Grafton
    70 mm

  • Taunton
    Carlton
    Roman lamp from Pompei
    62 mm

  • Taunton
    Corona
    57 mm

  • Tenby
    Unmarked
    58 mm

  • Tewkesbury
    Arcadian
    112 mm

  • Thetford
    Arcadian
    46 mm

  • Tintern Abbey
    Goss
    Colchester vase
    44 mm

  • Torquay
    Grafton
    Roman lamp from Pompei
    73 mm

  • Torquay
    Gemma
    48 mm

  • Torquay
    Arcadian
    55 mm

  • Torquay
    Arcadian
    45 mm

  • Torquay
    BR&C
    Globe vase
    42 mm

  • Torquay
    Pearl Arms
    68mm

  • Torquay
    Willow
    70 mm

  • Torre Abbey
    Goss
    Ostend Vase
    58 mm

  • Trefriw<br.Goss
    Ancient tyg
    64 mm

  • Tunbridge Wells
    Arcadian
    made for Posters Tunbridge Wells
    67 mm

  • Tunbridge Wells
    Florentine
    Rabbit
    72 mm (l)

  • Twickenham
    Coronet
    78 mm

  • Ventnor
    Unmarked
    37 mm

  • Wales
    Robinson & Leadbeater
    80 mm

  • Wales
    Foley
    67 mm

  • Walmer
    English
    82 mm

  • Warwick<br.Grafton
    58 mm

  • Waterlooville
    Goss
    Colchester Vase
    45 mm

  • Wellington College
    Carlton
    40 mm

  • Diocese of Wells
    Arcadian
    52 mm

  • Westcliff-on-Sea
    Carlton
    Jug from Suffolk Palace hill
    60 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Unmarked
    51 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Unmarked 120 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Unmarked
    87 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Gemma
    40 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Florentine
    The Old Arm Chair
    87 mm

  • Weston-super-Mare
    Milton
    130 mm

  • West Linton

  • Weymouth
    Foreign
    95 mm

  • Widnes
    Gemma
    60 mm

  • Wimborne
    Arcadian
    67 mm (l)

  • Winchester
    Goss
    88 mm

  • Windermere
    Florentine
    60 mm

  • Windsor
    Unmarked
    47 mm

  • Windsor
    Clifton China
    35 mm

  • Windsor
    Arcadian
    Rabbit
    75 mm (l)

  • Windsor
    Arcadian
    50 mm

  • Wolverhampton
    Carlton
    45 mm

  • Wolverhampton
    Carlton
    80mm (l)

  • Woodstock
    Gemma
    70 mm

  • Worthing
    Made in Czechoslovakia
    58 mm

  • Wrexham
    Unmarked
    54 mm

  • Yelverton
    Willow
    50 mm

Personal arms

  • Algernon Dorien-Smith
    Goss
    Old salt pot
    47 mm

  • Charles V & Oliver Cromwell
    Grafton
    Ancient Chinese vase
    84 mm

  • Edward the Confessor

  • Thomas à Becket
    Goss
    Ancient pipkin
    53 mm

  • Hugh Foliot
    Shelley
    85 mm (l)

  • Duke of Norfolk
    Goss
    Vase from Silchester
    49 mm

  • Royal arms
    Gemma
    67 mm

  • Royal arms
    Gemma
    56 mm

  • William Shakespeare
    Arcadian
    53 mm


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