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Boer War Commemorative Ceramics 3 months 2 weeks ago #101479

Neville_C Topic Author Offline Administrator Posts: 2077 Thank you received: 3519	Not strictly Anglo-Boer War, this pair of plates appears to have been made to commemorate the renewal of an Oranje Vrijstaat Spoorwegen (Orange Free State Railways) contract. Each with a transfer print of the OVS coat of arms and the words "VERVERSCHING CONTRACT". .. Attachments: The following user(s) said Thank You: EFV, Ians1900, Moranthorse1, Sturgy
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Boer War Commemorative Ceramics 17 hours 4 minutes ago #103352

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At first glance, this appears to be a French "Barbotine", or slipware, tobacco jar. However, given that it has the same model number (8162 impressed into the base) as Bernard Bloch's bust of General Botha, it is either a clever copy of the latter or an atypical high-glazed vesrion of a Bloch humidor. Bernard Bloch's pieces were usually cold-painted. Purchased from a French seller who described it as Barbotine. No evidence of Bloch's impressed "BB" maker's mark. SEE: Bernard Bloch Tobacco Jars