The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

City of London Imperial Volunteers Commemorative Tobacco Jar, Pipes, and Inkwell.
The first in pottery in the form of a head and shoulders portrayal of a City Imperial Volunteers officer, possibly the Earl of Albemarle (Infantry Battalion Commander), wearing a slouch hat with ‘CIV’ in relief, khaki tunic, the hat being the sprung lid of the jar, impressed mark on the base ‘8160’. Approximately 160mm in height. A carved fine quality briar pipe, the bowl being a ‘CIV’ marked slouch hat head and shoulders, part stem only the remainder of the stem in black composition. Registration mark, Rd.No.354787. A good quality example in grey clay, hat, head and shoulders, the hat unmarked, short stem marked, ‘C. Crop Rd. No.353104’. Registered 10 February 1900 by Charles Crop & Son, 52 Brooksby’s Walk, Homerton N.E. A very small pipe probably for holding a cigarette in bone, hat, marked ‘CIV’ head and shoulders, short stem, composition extension of stem, overall length 72mm. An inkwell in the form of a slouch hat, factory stamped ‘CIV’, made of copper then covered in khaki coloured linen, the crown of the hat opens to reveal a sprung operated lid, complete with glass liner. A short stemmed clay pipe the bowl with the insignia of the Middlesex Regiment in relief. Together with a badly damaged ‘Crop’ clay pipe and two fairly crude solid lead soldier figures, slouch hats, carrying rifles &c., good overall condition apart from where stated (9) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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