30th Oct, 2024 10:00

The October Fine Interiors Auction

 
Lot 78
 

78

A SET OF TEN WILKINSON CHARACTER JUGS, DESIGNED BY SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS GOULD

A SET OF TEN WILKINSON CHARACTER JUGS, DESIGNED BY SIR FRANCIS CARRUTHERS GOULD, depicting the allied commanders of the First World War and comprising Lord Kitchener, holding a jug inscribed 'Bitter for the Kaiser'; Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought'; Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'Push and Go' to the base; Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'Hell Fire Jack'; Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce que Joffre'; Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Francais'; the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'Shell Out!'; Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'Au Diable Le Kaiser'; Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'Welcome! Uncle Sam, King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'Pro Patria', all with printed marks, facsimile signatures and retailer's marks for Soane & Smith

30.5cm high and smaller

Sold for £2,500


 

Auction: The October Fine Interiors Auction, 30th Oct, 2024

 

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