Aftermarket Ceramic Poppy Tower Of London

Original ceramic poppy from the tower of london display blood swept lands and seas of red in 2014 by artist paul cummins.

Aftermarket ceramic poppy tower of london.

As the famous tower poppies. Blood swept lands and seas of red was a public art installation created in the moat of the tower of london england between july and november 2014 it commemorated the centenary of the outbreak of world war i and consisted of 888 246 ceramic red poppies each intended to represent one british or colonial serviceman killed in the war the ceramic artist was paul cummins with conceptual design. I no longer have the booklet that came with the poppy hence the lower price however it is in the original box. About the ceramic poppies.

Over 5 million people travelled from across the country and around the world to see the installation of 888 246 ceramic poppies at the tower of london. First world war centenary. A commemorative piece for your collection add a tower of london ceramic poppy to your home. Ceramic poppies which formed part of an art display at the tower of london last year are being resold online for up to 350 each.

In 2014 the artist paul cummins and stage designer tom piper commissioned 888 245 handmade ceramic. In 2018 the tower once again became a site of commemoration marking 100 years since the end of wwi with beyond the deepening shadow. One red ceramic poppy hand made and painted by myself in the same materials size clay paint etc. Volunteers have spent months installing 888 246 hand made poppies each representing a british and colonial soldier who died.

A final ceramic poppy has been planted at the tower of london. In 2014 the tower of london marked the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war wwi with the commemorative art installation blood swept lands and seas of red which saw the moat filled with thousands of ceramic poppies.