WWI Memorial Ceramics & Glass Photos

Several decorative arts companies produced memorial ceramic or glass pieces to mark WWI.

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Commemorative plate with portrait of General Paul von Hindenburg by Max Dasio for Rosenthal Porcelain at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Commemorative plate of German artillery by Anton Hoffmann for Rosenthal Porcelain at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Porcelain figure of WWI German infantry soldier using rifle as club sculpted by Karl Himmelstoss for Rosenthal in private collection. Germany.Porcelain figure of WWI German infantry soldier using rifle as club sculpted by Karl Himmelstoss for Rosenthal in private collection. Germany.
Commemorative plate with portrait of General Paul von Hindenburg (1914) by Max Dasio for Rosenthal Porcelain at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Commemorative plate of German artillery (1914) by Anton Hoffmann for Rosenthal Porcelain at German Historical Museum. Berlin, Germany.Porcelain figure of WWI German infantry soldier using rifle as club (front view) (1914) sculpted by Karl Himmelstoss for Rosenthal in private collection. Germany.Porcelain figure of WWI German infantry soldier using rifle as club (rear view) (1914) sculpted by Karl Himmelstoss for Rosenthal in private collection. Germany.
Porcelain demitasse cup with image of WWI Iron Cross by Karl Rosenthal of Selb in private collection. Germany.Souvenir porcelain plate from WWI at German Museum of Technology. Berlin, Germany.WW I victory plates in Ford's The Mangoes. Fort Myers, FL.Wilson Allies Tea Service with flags of WWI allies made by Wedgwood of England at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.
Porcelain demitasse cup with image of WWI Iron Cross (1914) by Karl Rosenthal of Selb in private collection. Germany.Souvenir porcelain plate from WWI (1915) at German Museum of Technology. Berlin, Germany.WW I victory plates in Ford's The Mangoes. Fort Myers, FL.Wilson Allies Tea Service with flags of WWI allies made by Wedgwood of England at Woodrow Wilson House. Washington, DC.
Haviland china with FDR monogram given in the cause of peace by French soldiers maimed in WWI in Presidential Museum. Hyde Park, NY.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Haviland china (1938) with FDR monogram given in the cause of peace by French soldiers maimed in WWI in Presidential Museum. Hyde Park, NY.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (Woodrow Wilson, Louis Botha, Ferdinand Foch, Joseph Joffre) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (John French, King George V, Douglas Haig) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (John Jellicoe, Herbert Kitchener, David Beatty, David Lloyd George) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Yellow glass medallions for World War I memorial window for Corning Public Library by Frederick Carder of Steuben Glass at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.
Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (King George V & Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Toby jugs representing World War I Allied leaders (US President Woodrow Wilson with biplane) by Sir F. Carruthers Gould for Pottery-Wilkinson Ltd. at Museum of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, Scotland.Yellow glass medallions for World War I memorial window for Corning Public Library (1930) by Frederick Carder of Steuben Glass at Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, NY.

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