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| Waiting for the Tide
(Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 6.25 x 8 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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The 'Osborne Ivorex' equivalent is called 'Cornish Fisherman Waiting for the Tide |
  The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. 'Cornish Fisherman Waiting for the Tide' and 'Cornish Fishwife Unloading the Boats'. Both plaques are 6 x 8 inches. (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| Warwick Castle | 14 inch Circular Plaque. Rarity - Rare | ||||||||||||
| Watermill or Waterwheel | See 'Old Watermill' | ||||||||||||
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Water Wheel Laxey, IOM 4 inch Plaque
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Water Wheel Laxey, Isle of Man 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1955.
Rarity - Very Rare
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Also see 'Laxey
Wheel, Isle of Man' - 4 inch Plaque
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| Wayside Inn | See 'At the Wayside Inn' | ||||||||||||
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Welsh Cottage Interior 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Fairly Available
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Welsh Lady Plaquette 11 x 8 inch Rectangular Plaquette See P212, Bossons Book 1
Rarity - One of the Rarest
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There are 5no 11 x 8 inch Rectangular Plaquettes (actually measuring 7.75 x 11.5) - 'Ship Inn', 'Bowling Along', 'At the Wayside Inn', 'Welsh Lady' and Yarn Market. |
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Welsh Tea Party10 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Common
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Welsh Tea Party High Relief Pottery - 12.5 inch Circular Plaque. |
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Welsh Tea Party Scene 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1956
Rarity - Very Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
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Welsh Woman 4 inch Plaque. Produced 1957 to 1959.
Rarity - Very Rare
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Western Towers, Canterbury Cathedral (Ivorex)
Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 8 x 10.75 inches.
Rarity - One of the Rarest
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Only one know example. This plaque was purchase by an American collector direct from a Bossons paintress, so this piece may have never entered circulation to the general public. | |||||||||||
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Towers Westminster Abbey (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 8 x 10.75 inches.
Rarity - Very Rare
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  The similar Osborne Ivorex plaques. Western Towers Westminster Abbey 10 3/4" x 8" (right). Western towers Westminster Abbey 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" (left) (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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Westminster Abbey 4 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1957 to 1959.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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'Buckingham Palace', 'Houses of Parliament', 'St Paul's Cathedral' and 'Westminster Abbey' form a set. | |||||||||||
Westminster Abbey10 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Common
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Westminster Abbey (Bossons Ivorex) This piece came from the Richard Bossons collection Rarity - One of the Rarest
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Westminster Abbey High Relief Pottery - 12.5 inch Circular Plaque. |
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Westward Ho!14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1959. The town of Westward Ho! is located in Devon, UK.
Rarity - Fairly Available
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Version 1 - With gloss finish. |
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Version 2 - With matt finish and flatter back. |
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Whitby Abbey, Yorkshire 4 inch circular plaque
Rarity - one of the Rarest
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Whitby Abbey 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Very Rare
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Wildflowers12 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1990 to 1994.
Rarity - Rare
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1990 to 1994 - This is an update of the older 'Summertime' Plaque |
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Wild Geese14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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The set of four comprises of Mallards, Teals, Pheasants and Wild Geese. |
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| William Shakespeare's Head | See 'Shakespeare's Head' - Bossons Ivorex | ||||||||||||
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Willy Lott's Cottage, Suffolk 18 x 14 inch high Rectangular Plaque. Engraved W Ray Bossons in the lower RH bottom. There is a paintress mark & date located just off the river edge in the grass an the lower left side of the plaque. The date reads 1956 with letters which appear to be a D over M which could be paintress D Moores.
Rarity - One of the Rarest
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Plaque has usual silver back with wording "Hand Painted Plaque W.H. Bossons Limited Made in England Copyright Reserved"
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Lott's Cottage' is a 16th Century cottage made famous by the 1821 oil
painting entitled "The Hay Wain" by English artist John Constable. Willy Lott was a tenant farmer and was said to have been born in the house and never left it for more than four days in his lifetime. He lived there from 1758 to 1842, to the age of 84. |
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Lott's Cottage, Suffolk (cont) This piece was from the Richard Bossons collection and sold via auction Oct 2022 |
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Windmill and Harvesters14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1954.Versions 1 and 2. Version 2 appears to be rarer.
Rarity - Rare / Very Rare
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Version 1 - This version is more common than the Version 2 plaque. |
Version 2 Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
Version 2 (on the left) has raised clouds, four folks in the field not including the one on the hay cart. Also the 2nd version has two buildings on the right hand side as compared to the 1st version only shows the open fields. |
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Windsor Castle 4 inch Plaque
Rarity - Very Rare
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Windsor Castle 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Windsor Castle from the Thames 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Windsor Castle 14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1948 to 1954.
Rarity - Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by SC in NJ |
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Newer version of the Windsor Castle plaque with 3no large boats |
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Windsor Castle Bossons Ivorex. 11 1/2 x 7 1/2. Produced 1981 to 1992.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
 From the RB collection |
  The similar Osborne Ivorex plaques. Windsor Castle 11 1/2" x 7 1/2" (right) Windsor Castle 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" (left) (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| Windsor Castle (Ivorex) |
Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 11 x 7.25 inches. Rarity - Fairly Rare |
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Windsor Castle from the Thames 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1956. Rarity - Fairly Available
Rarity - Fairly Available
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Winter 6 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1990 to 1996.
Rarity - Common
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6 inch 'Winter' plaque in original box |
Part of the Four Seasons plaques - Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring.
'Autumn' plaque same as earlier 'Chysanthemums'. 'Spring' plaque same as earlier 'Daffodils'. 'Summer' Plaque same as earlier 'Roses'. |
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Wood Anemones 4 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1994 to 1996.
Rarity - Rare
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4 inch round Wood Anemones with the three white flowers |
Similar to the 6 inch 'Winter' plaque but with 3no white Anemones only. | There are 4no floral plaques in the set: Primroses (No 226) and Wood Anemones (No 225) introduced in 1994...... Sweet Briar Rose and Sweet Violet introduced in 1993. Plaques actually measure approx 3 3/4 inches | ||||||||||
| Worchester Cathedral 10 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Common
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Comes in a darker or a lighter winter type theme. | |||||||||||
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Wren 3.5 inch mini Bird Plaque.
Rarity - The Rarest
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Unpainted experimental plaques of the Blue Tit 3.5inch and Wren 3.5 inch. There are no know painted examples of the Wren plaque (MC). |
See Blue Tit Plaque (3.5inch) |
