Bowler plaque - Ship and Porthole
E1, Artillery Row
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017. It shows a ship on the sea at the centre of a porthole. This cast-iron roundel is one of 2...
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Silk Design (A)
E1, Fournier Street
The plaque shows a detail from a design for the silk fabric produced in Spitalfields. We believe the design shows a pomegranate in the Ja...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Violin and Bow
E1, Princelet Street, 8
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details. The Bowler booklet describes this as a "Violin", not a viola, ...
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Soup, Bread and Salt
E1, Brune Street, 17-19
We failed to find this in Dec-Jan 2017. The plaque shows bowls of soup, bread rolls and spoons holding salt, as a reference to the Jewish...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Apples and Pears
E1, Commercial Street, Spitalfields Market
This cast-iron roundel is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Keys and Doorbells
E1, Commercial Street, 145, Cloisters
This cast-iron roundel, showing keys and doorbells, is one of 22 - see Bowler's page for more details.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Silk Design (B)
E1, Tenter Ground
We failed to find this plaque in Dec-Jan 2017. It shows a Garthwaite "silk design" similar but not identical to that on the Silk Design (...
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Arrows and Target
E1, Artillery Passage
We failed to find this in 2014 and again Dec-Jan 2017. This cast-iron roundel, which shows arrows centred on a target, is one of 22 - see...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - World Map
E1, Brick Lane, Brick Lane mosque
We're read that this plaque, showing a map of the world, is intended to honour the mosque, which seems odd. To us it seems more symbolic ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Bowler plaque - Spices
E1, Whitechapel High Street
We failed to find this in Dec-Jan 2017. This cast-iron roundel, which shows curry spices: chili peppers, okra, anise and cardamom, is one...
1 creator
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