Textiles

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A soldier made woolwork picture depicting the battle honours of the 1st Border Regiment within a design of victory laurels, the makers military badge between his initials. English circa 1880, within a period maple veneered frame.

1st Border Regiment

show details 		A fine silkwork picture of a cornucopia of flowers worked on a black support by Mary Crowther and dated 1787. Within a fine gilt frame with a vere iglomise mount. English late 18th century.

Cornucopia

show details 		A correct representation of the funeral car which conveyed the body of Lord nelson from the Admiralty to St Pauls.

Nelson's Funeral Carriage

show details 		A soldier made, military woolwork for the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery. Last quarter of the 19th century. 'Ubique' and 'Quo fas et Gloria ducunt' are the motto's of the Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery. It was given to them by King William IV in 1832. The Corps does not have 'battle honours', like many other regiments in the British Army, instead they have 'Ubique' signifying their involvement in every battle every fought since their formation by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago.

Ubique

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Fine regimental woolwork for the Warwick Regiment, showing their battle honours, mascot etc. In original maplewood veneered frame. English circa 1850.

Royal Warwick Regiment

show details 		A large and unusual sailormade woolwork picture of a Royal Navy Victorian period battleship. Very well detailed with a great sea, beadwork gunports, and steam bellowing from the ship's funnels. Original maple veneered frame.

Victorian Battleship    

show details 		Sailormade woolwork picture of a frigate and cutter, surrounded by flags of allegiance and surmounted by Britannia with the Lion and Unicorn. Contained within it's original maplewood frame.

Britannia and Her Supporters

show details 		Finely stitched sailor made woolwork of a ship-of-the-line passing a fortified headland. Early Victorian. In a period

Royal Navy Frigate

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A fine military, soldier made woolwork picture for The Royal Scots. English circa 1880.

The Royal Scots

show details 		An Army woolwork showing Prince of Wales feathers between battle honours and within an arrangement of curtains.The West Middlesex regiment was amalgamated into the The Middlesex Regiment on July 1, 1881 along with the East Middlesex regiment, two militia and four volunteer battalions; 3rd Battalion, formerly the Royal Elthorne or 5th Middlesex Light Infantry Militia, 4th Battalion, formerly the Royal East Middlesex Militia, 1st Volunteer Battalion, formerly The 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Rifle Corps, 2nd Volunteer Battalion, formerly The 8th Middlesex (South West Middlesex) Volunteer Rifle Corps, 3rd and 4th Volunteer Battalions, formerly the 17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) Volunteer Rifle Corps. The Middlesex was one of the principal London based regiments with a long tradition. They gained their nickname the “Die-hards” from the Peninsular War when the first battalion (also known as the 57th Foot regiment) served under Wellington. At the Battle of Albuera on 16 May 1811 their commander Colonel Inglis had his horse shot from under him, severely wounded and outnumbered by the French he called to his men “Die hard, 57th. Die hard!”

West Middlesex 

show details 		A military, soldier made woolwork picture for the Royal Sussex Regiment. Interestingly, the title gives much insight into how, where and when these woolworks were made;

The Royal Sussex Regiment

show details 		A fine soldier made woolwork depicting

The Soldiers Return

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A sailormade woolwork picture depicting two Royal Navy ships of the line passing a fortified headland. English circa 1850. In a fine oak frame of the period.

Two Ships Passing a Fortification

show details 		A sailormade woolwork picture of a homestead. It is intersting to note that similar buildings, colours and techniques are often to be found in examples of

The Mariner's Homestead

show details 		A 19th century sailormade woolwork picture depicting four ships of the Royal Navy in open seas. English circa 1850, in the original maple veneered frame.

A Small Fleet

show details 		A sailormade woolwork picture of a Royal Navy frigate in open seas, a further vessel approaching. This woolwork is unusual in that it is (probably) signed by the maker, F. Taylor, in pen and ink along the lower edge of the canvas support. In a period bird's eye maple grained frame.

A Signed Woolwork

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A good 19th century sailormade woolwork picture of H.M.S. Doris under full sail passing a lighthouse. A label to the reverse from the National Maritime Museum, dated 22 August 1949, states that H.M.S. Doris was a screw frigate of 24 guns launched at Pembroke in 1857. She was of 3800 tons. Being commissioned during a period of comparative peace she did not figure in any great actions. However, she is recorded as having seized the Colombian Government Steamer COLOMBIANO in 1867 but released her soon afterwards. It is assumed that this was an incident in the Spanish South American Wars. Apparently, having no wars of our own to fight we were helping allies fight their battles. Provenance: J. McC Bazire,

H.M.S. Doris

show details 		A sailor made woolwork picture of a Royal Navy frigate at sea, the picture in a cartouche surrounded by the flags of alliance nations. English circa 1860, within a period maple veneered frame.

Ship & Flags

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture depicting an abundant arrangement of flowers in a basket with two butterflies approaching. English circa 1860. Within a period maple veneered frame.

Flowers & Butterflies

show details 		A soldier made woolwork picture of flowers in a basket. English circa 1860, within a period maple frame.

Basket of Flowers

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A soldier made woolwork picture of a vase of flowers with photographs of the artist and the lady for whom it was made. English circa 1870.

A Blue Vase of Flowers

show details 		A mid 19th century needlepiont picture of a lion, both the technique and the subject redolent of a Roman mosaic. Within a period Italian carved and gilded frame and with a vere iglomise mount.

Needlepoint Lion

show details 		A silkwork picture of a parrot in a carved fruitwood frame. English Circa 1790.

Parrot

show details 		A good, early example of a sailormade woolwork showing the vessel of the Royal Navy passing a fortified headland. Original condition and mahogany veneered frame.

A Ship-of-the-Line

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A Georgian silkwork picture of a basketful of flowers, mostly roses. Georgian, circa 1790. Original giltwood frame.

A Silkwork Picture of Flowers

show details 		A woolwork picture, probably made by a marine, depicting a steam assisted frigate within a cartouche and surrounded by a garland fushias and roses eminating from two vases. English, circa 1860, and within a period maple veneered frame.

Frigate & Fushia

show details 		A large and impressive maritime woolwork picture titled 'Leviathan', the name synonymous with a sea monster, or 'The Great Eastern Steam Ship in 1865'. English, mid 19th century, in the original mahogany frame. Conceived in 1851 by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, construction of the Great Eastern started in 1854 at John Scott-Russell’s ship building yard on the Isle of Dogs in London. Her maiden voyage did not take place until the 31st January 1859. The idea behind the Great Eastern was that she could steam virtually around the world without refuelling. The intention was that this would give the Great Eastern the commercial edge over the lucrative immigrant trade to India and Australia. For a full article from which the above information has been taken, see The Porthcurno Telegraph Museum.

Leviathan

show details 		An early 19th century woolwork picture of a tabby cat's face. Within a period gilt gesso frame and a vere iglomise mount.

Tabby Tom

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