T - Plaques (Scene + People) |
| Teals 14 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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| The Abbey, Haddington | See - Haddington Abbey | ||||||||||||||
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The Arrival 14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1954 to 1962. Variations with 'Ducks' or 'Box & Basket'
Rarity - Fairly Common
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With '3no Ducks' |
Less common version with 'Box and Basket' |
Related to 'The Departure' and 'Midday Coach'. Also see 'Market Day' and 'Mayfair' |
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The Arrival (cont)
Interesting 8 inch copy of this plaque in white vitreous china |
Photos supplied by James Collar |
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| The Choir
Chester Cathedral (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 11.5 x 7.5 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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Photographs kindly supplied by Scott C |
 
The plaque on the left and box was used by paintress Barbara Potts, Ken
Potts wife who worked at the factory for 40 years. She used this plaque to
copy off of for the other Choir pieces she was painting. Note that there
is even spilled paint on the box lid from where she painted at her work
station. She even marked the outside of the box as a "painting sample"
with the initials BP.
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| The Choir Chester (Osborne Ivorex) |
The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaque. The Choir Chester Cathedral 11 1/2" x 7 1/2" (Note - Notice the hanging cross up in the middle of the plaque. Osborne made two versions, one with cross, one without. Bossons version is without) |
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| The Departure 14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1954 to 1962.
Rarity - Fairly Common
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Related to 'The Arrival' and 'Midday Coach'. Also see 'Market Day' and 'Mayfair' |
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The Great Zimbabwe (8 inch) 8 inch Circular Plaque. Dated 1956
Rarity - Extremely rare
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The Great Zimbabwe, Southern Rhodesia Photograph supplied by D L in Canada |
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  From the RB collection |
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The Great Zimbabwe (14.5 inch) 14.5 inch plaque. Dated 1959. Very rare. Only 1no know example located in the US. The paintress mark and date of 1959 are just above the "Z" in Zimbabwe in the photo. Plaque has a "P" on rear, for possible paintress 'Proudlove' and letter H with number 10
Rarity - The Rarest
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  Prominent US collector displaying the 8" and 14.5" 'Great Zimbabwe' plaques |
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| The
Guildhall Faversham (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 9 x 7 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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Bossons Ivorex "The Guildhall Faversham |
 From the RB collection |
 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. Dimensions 9 x 7 inches. (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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Harbour, Newquay (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Bossons Ivorex, The Harbour, Newquay |
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 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. Dimensions 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. |
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| The Harvard
House, Stratford on Avon (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 6 x 9.5 inches.
Rarity - Very Rare
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| The Home of
Charles Dickens Gadshill Rochester (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 8.25 x 6 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques.
The Home of Charles Dickens Gadshill 8 1/4" x 6"
(Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| The Home of the Independence USA (Ivorex) |
Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Rarity - Rare |
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| The Narrow Loch Katrine 14 inch Circular Plaque. Produced 1948 to 1954.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Plaque shows a Scottish Loch Scene |
Notice that the rock formations are different on the left side of this plaque when compared to the other two plaques. Also the colour scheme is different. Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
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The Old Curiosity Shop (Bossons Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced between 1981 and 1992. Dimensions 8.25 x 6 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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This London shop still in existence immortalised by Charles Dickens in his novel. |
 
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  The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. The Old Curiosity Shop London 5" x 4" (Walter Davis design) and on the right The Old Curiosity Shop London 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| The Old Smithy | See 'Old Smithy'. Sometimes called 'Smithy Interior Scene'. Has 'The Old Smithy' written on the bottom of the plaque. | Also see the 'Village Smithy' 14 inch plaque. | |||||||||||||
| The Priors
Gateway Canterbury Cathedral (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 6 x 7 3/4 inches.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
Plaque displayed in the original Bossons box. |
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| The Roman
Baths, Bath (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 11 x 7.5 inches.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
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 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques.
The Roman Baths, Bath 11" x 7 1/2"
(Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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The Rows, Chester 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Very Rare
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| The Rows,
Chester (Bossons Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 11.5 x 7.5 inches.
Rarity - Very Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
 SPECIAL EDITION - Bossons Ivorex 'The Rows Chester' edged in black with gold inlay with green baize on the backs. The plaque is heavier and more colourful (Possible limited edition, maybe for celebrations in Chester). Also see "Chester Cathedral" which is edged in black. Rarity - Extremely Rare (RL) |
 Plaque from the Richard Bossons collection (Bossons Ivorex) |
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| The Royal
Pavilion, Brighton (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 inches.
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. The Royal Pavilion Brighton 9" x 6" |
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Tollbooth, Edinburgh (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 7 x 9 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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| The Twa
Brigs, Ayr (Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 9.5 x 6 inches.
Rarity - Very Rare
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 The equivalent Osborne Ivorex plaques. The Twa Brigs O Ayr 9 1/2" x 6" |
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| Thermometers | See the 'Thermometers' section | ||||||||||||||
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Tom Moore the Poets House, Bermuda Produced at some time between 1950 and 1956 8 x 4 inch plaque
Rarity - Extremely Rare
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Photograph kindly supplied by Scott C in NJ |
In a house that dates from 1652, Tom Moore's Tavern has a colourful past, thanks to the Irish poet for whom it's named. Tom Moore visited friends here frequently in 1804 and caused a scandal by writing odes to a local woman who was already married. |
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Tony Weller (Ivorex) 2" x 4 3/4" figurine.
Rarity - The Rarest
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Bossons Ivorex |
Ivorex figurines include, Little Neil, Oliver Twist, Mr Micawber, Mr Pickwick, Tony Weller. |
This the 'Osborne Ivorex' model that is very similar and was produced prior to 'Bossons Ivorex'. The colouring on the 'Bossons Ivorex model is brighter. (Photographs supplied by Scott C) |
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| Tower Bridge,
London
(Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex Plaque. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 11.25 x 7.5 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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Similar Osborne Ivorex plaques. Left - Tower Bridge London 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" Top R - Tower Bridge London 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" Bottom R - Tower Bridge London 11 1/2" x 7 1/2". (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| Tower of
London (Bossons Ivorex) Bossons Ivorex. Produced 1981 to 1992. Dimensions 9.25 x 6.25 inches.
Rarity - Fairly Rare
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  Plaque to the right is from the RB collection |
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  The similar Osborne Ivorex plaques. Tower of London 11 1/2" x 7 1/2" (left) Tower of London 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" (right) (Photographs supplied by Scott C). |
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| Trinidad 8 inch Circular Plaque. Produced approx 1959
Rarity - The Rarest
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At present there is only one known piece held by a collector in the USA. |
Trinidad Plaque with the words "Steel Band Calypso" written over the top. Has three players over a map of the island. The reverse has the impressed stamp "Bossons England, Copyright reserved, 1959 Registered Design" |
This was a Limited Production Plaque. |
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Trinidad 14 inch Circular Plaque. Page 211 of 'Book 1' shows a 14 inch Trinidad Plaque which is identical to the same 8 inch Plaque shown above. Is this a mistake in Book 1 and should it read 8 inch or has anybody ever seen the 14 inch Trinidad Plaque? |
14 inch Circular Plaque. Rarity - One of the Rarest if it exists? | This was a Limited Production Plaque. | |||||||||||||
| Turk Trossachs | See Brig O'Turk | ||||||||||||||
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Typical Irish Cottage 8 x 5 inch Rectangular Plaquette. Produced 1950 to 1956.
Rarity - Rare
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Typical Irish Farmhouse 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 |
