Posted 8 years ago
vetraio50
(756 items)
"Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will grin" - Peter Pindar's Pair of Lyric Epistles (1792).
Well four Cheshire cats in this case .... two new ones, tourist pieces from Weston-super-Mare and the other from Teignmouth. Teignmouth is in the county of Devon, situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign and about 14 miles south of Exeter. The coat of arms are based on those of the Bishop of Exeter: -Gules, a Saltire engrailed between four Leopards' heads or. Why the leopard's heads have morphed into four fleur-de-lis is not known.
The other Cheshire cat was bought in Weston-super-Mare, a town in Somerset, England, on the Bristol Channel 18 miles south west of Bristol. Before 1928 the borough used the arms shown on the cat with a sun above a sea that have a great seaside look.
Polydactyls !!! Snowball !!! LOL !!!
Many thanks TASSIEDEVIL & THOMAS !!!!
Many thanks MANIKIN, DECOVOO, BLUNDERBUSS & HEL1 too !!! ! !!!
Many thanks VLADIMIR, CAPERKID & NUTSABOTAS !!!!
Many thanks MIKELV !!!!!
They are so cool. Do you know Kevin where the blanks were made? Japan? China? England?
Looks like they been breeding agian Kevin...lol cool collection for sure...
Psssssss... found the rest of the family ...smiling
https://www.google.com/search?q=crested+china+cheshire+cat&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUqL_5_JDTAhUFwiYKHZ1YB5UQsAQIGQ&biw=1280&bih=918&dpr=1
Many thanks ROYCROFTBOOKSFROMME & KAREN too !!!
Actually only one of these four is marked, Karen. It is the Teignmouth cat. It has a mark which reads "Anglo Heraldic Co." with an illegible motto ------ so far !!!
I have found out nothing about this company as yet.
Many thanks OFFICIALFUEL. !!!!!
I can see why you like these, I would collect them too !
Nice collection of Crested Ware vetrai....:-)
very very nice kitty collection!! meow!!! love them all :)
Many thanks PHIL, BIJOUCAILLOU, INKY & SEAN !!! !!! !!!
Many thanks JENNYN & GARGOYLECOLLECTOR !!!!!
Many thanks FREIHEIT !!! ! !!!
Love these!
Many thanks COURTENAYANTIQUES !!!!
The group looks great. I collect crested china from my home town regardless of maker or subject.
Many thanks IRISHCOLLECTOR & WANDLESSFAIRY !!! ! !!!
Many thanks JIMAM & NORDICMAN !!! ! !!!
Many thanks RADEGRUNDER & JBINGHAM !!!!
Many thanks BUCKETHEAD !!!
Many thanks ANTIQUEROSE !!!!!!
Love souvenir pieces like these, they remind me of when me and my brother and my gran traveled by bus every summer to Texas, they had bits like these in the gift shops. :)
Many thanks KATHERINE, ANNA & KKK !!!!
Many thanks ZIPPO !,!,!
Many thanks BRATJDD !!!!
Many thanks POIRE !!!!!!
bounced in to say Hello.... have a great day
Many thanks KERRY & HUNTERQLEE !!!!
ALL THE BEST TO YOU TOO, KERRY !,!
Many thanks MSCRYSTALSHIP !.!!.!.!!.!