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3 days ago · Enjoy unlimited access: just £1 for 12 weeks. Hadrian Merkle (1942-2018), a successful businessman in the transport industry, was a keen collector of Meissen porcelain. His primary interest was the factory’s 18th century figure groups - the sculptural pieces produced by Johann Joachim Kändler and his assistants in the factory workshop.
2 days ago · Printed linear tableware patterns, enamelled by hand were also developed. China patterns had always been given numbers by the factory, but for the first time in the mid 1920’s china tableware designs were given names such as Marjorie, Lady Evelyn and Duchess. Royal Worcester also produced more extravagant china mainly made for export.
3 days ago · Obverse Legend: WILLEM II KONING - DER NEDERLANDEN G.H.V.L. Reverse: Crowned arms divides value. Reverse Legend: (date) MUNT VAN HET KONINGRIJK DER NEDERLANDEN. Edge Lettering: GOD*ZY*MET*ONS* Notes; Ruler: William II. Note: Ear low. Privy mark: Fleur de lis.
3 days ago · Wilhelm II [b] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire and the House of Hohenzollern 's 300-year reign in Prussia and 500-year reign in Brandenburg . Born during the reign of his granduncle ...
1 day ago · Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Record Series, 5. This volume provides summaries and transcripts of documents for the 33 townships in the parishes of Grasmere, Windermere, Heversham, Beetham, Burton and Kirby Lonsdale. Barony of Kendale, Records. Originally published by Titus Wilson and Son, Kendal, 1924.
4 days ago · Melt Value: $15.22 (5/19/2024) Diameter: 33mm. Design. Obverse: Head right. Reverse: Crowned imperial eagle with shield on breast. Edge Lettering: GOTT MIT UNS. Notes. Ruler: Wilhelm II. Numismatic specification data and valuation estimates provided by Active Interest Media’s NumisMaster.
2 days ago · James II ran away once more to France and spent the rest of his life in exile. However, his descendants through his second wife, Mary of Modena, continued to organise rebellions against William, Anne, and George I and George II. Most notable amongst these attempts to re-establish the Stuart line were the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745.
