A Nation of Shopkeepers, celebrating Britain’s Buildings
Ceramics of the month
Sherlock Holmes House
221b’ Baker Street ‘home’ of the celebrated (fictitious -honestly!) criminal investigator,
Sherlock Holmes and trusty colleague Dr. Watson. The ceramic is painted with Holmes
playing the violin in the left hand upstairs window and his ‘hubble-bubble’ pipe in the right
window. Mrs. Hudson’s (housekeeper) drawing room is on the ground floor. There are railings
of cast metal and a metal lamp post. This is the first ceramic we have added metalwork to.
The building itself does exist – in Baker St. London and would probably have been a boarding
house at the time Conan Doyle was creating Holmes – but it was not Number 221b. At present
it is 221b and houses a ‘Museum’ dedicated to Sherlock Holmes ‘memorabilia’- in fact you would
swear he lived there…
The Sherlock Holmes House measures 23.4cm (9 & 1/4″) tall to the top of the chimney x 9cm
( 3 & 1/2″) wide. To order, please click here
The Wisteria Tea Rooms
This pretty building is based on a 16th Century Cotswold Stone Hotel and Restaurant
in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, near to Blenheim Palace. Here we present it a typical
English Tea Room, serving Cream Teas, with home made scones, strawberries,
toasted teacakes, and a range of freshly brewed teas. Just thinking about it is enough
to make the mouth water! Notice the little tea pot painted over the door.
In one window there is a vase of fresh flowers.
In the other a little cat looks hopefully out…
The Wisteria Tea Room measures 18cm (7″) tall to the top of the chimney x 12cm (4 & 3/4″) wide.
To order please click here.