A World War Two stone jar or biscuit box fashioned from the fragmented brickwork of the Houses of Parliament, collected after bomb damage during the war. This 1950s London Stonecraft lidded jar was made from a piece of the structure of the Houses of Parliament damaged during enemy air raids on 10 May 1941. Of square form with circular foot and neck, china liner, one side with lead roundel with crowned portcullis inscribed 'The stone came from the Houses of Parliament', similar roundel with an English rose insert to a turned oak cover, together with a certifying letter from HRH The Duke of Gloucester's Red Cross and St John Fund, WGR.No. 10078 (2)

'The Longest Night' On Saturday 10 May 1941, the German Luftwaffe launched an unprecedented assault on London. At 11pm, as the air raid sirens echoed across the city, the first explosions occurred. By the following morning, the German bombers had claimed 1,486 lives, destroyed 11,000 houses, and hit the Houses of Parliament, Waterloo Station, the British Museum and many other landmark buildings

Condition: excellent

Dimensions: 15cm wide, 15cm deep, 21cm high