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British Flag Cart - being pulled by a monkey riding on a dog

British Flag Cart needle case
Needle Case


Design Representation

Design Details

Needle Case Type:

Figural (not listed on design registration as a needle case)

Patent/Registered to:

S. Thomas & Sons - Redditch

Patent/Design Representation #:

Ornamental Class1: Metal: #336171

Patent/Design Registration Date:

June 17, 1879

Location of Patent/Design Registration:

The National Archives (TNA) - Kew, UK

Reference #:

TNA Representation - BT 43/45/336171
TNA Register - BT 44/4/336171

Dimensions:

3.3 x 8 x 4.4

Material:

Brass

Name Variations:

S. Thomas & Sons - Redditch Son

Other Variations:

None

Additional Photographs

Views with top opened (photos from eBay)

Detail of the monkey riding on a dog and bottom view (photos from eBay)

Cart only: Top closed and open

Cart only: Clasp side and back

Cart only: Hinge side and front

Cart only: Bottom and signature detail

Facts

British Flag facts

The British flag, also known as the Union Jack, dates to 1801 when Ireland and Great Britain were united.  It is composed of the red cross of St. George (patron saint of England) edged in white superimposed on the cross of St. Andrew (patron saint of Scotland) which is superimposed on the cross of St. Patrick (patron saint of Ireland).  The patron saint of Wales, St. David, was not included because Wales became part of the Kingdom of England in 1282 and was already represented by the flag of England.  Today the Union Jack represents the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

British Flag facts

Flag of England

History

Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic located off the northeastern coast of continental Europe that includes England, Wales and Scotland.  It the largest island in Europe and the 9th largest island in the world in land mass.  The population in 2011 was around 61 million.  The Romans used the Latin word ‘Britannia’, which meant land of the Britons, to describe the area in the 1st century BC.  After the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066 the area became known as Britannia major, ("Greater Britain") in order to distinguish it from Britannia minor ("Lesser Britain"), a region in Brittany, France that was settled by Celtic immigrants from the British Isles after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.  The first recorded use of the term Great Britain occurred in 1474 in a royal marriage proposal.  It became more common after 1604 when King James VI and I was identified as the "King of Great Brittaine, France and Ireland”.

British Flag history

Flag of Scotland

Miscellaneous

In 1707 the Kingdoms of England and Scotland were united and the term United Kingdom of Great Britain or simply United Kingdom was occasionally used in the 18th century.  Then in 1801 the Kingdom of Great Britain was united with the Kingdom of Ireland creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.  This name was used throughout the Victorian period; however it was changed again in 1922 when Ireland was partitioned into two parts, Northern Ireland which remained part of the United Kingdom and the rest of Ireland which became the independent state known as the Republic of Ireland.

British Flag misc

St. Patrick's Flag (Ireland)