Of all the memorabilia commemorating the
work of munitions workers during the Great War, this has to be one of
favourites.
It bears the mark Carlton China and was
made and sold in Rochester.
And with an eye to profits the company
would have sold the figure across the country substituting the name and coat of
arms of Rochester for a heap of different places.
The market for crested china with a war
theme, was an undoubted winner, and ceramic figures of tanks, battleships and
ambulances vied with those of wartime nurses, British bull dogs and aircraft.
After the war to these were added miniature
porcelain war memorials, by which time the industry had begun to return to its
prewar models featuring seaside resorts, touristy buildings, and key rings.
many of these have appeared on the blog.*
Location; the Great War
Picture; “Doing her bit”, circa 1915-1918,
from the collection of David Harrop
*Crested China, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/Crested%20China
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