Historic London Street Plaque Dated 1706

Coade Stone Boundary Plaque for St Olave’s School. A Coade stone boundary marker plaque depicting the seal of St Olave‘s school and its foundati...

This antique terracotta brick was reputedly found in the garden of a Tudor manor house in Surrey near London, UK. It details Queen Elizabeth I...

18th-Century wall plaque "Secundum Joannebi".

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