The Girl who wanted to get married
Do check out the 12 prints that make up this charming series. Apparently, getting married is not as straighforward as it might seem!!
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Nov 17, 20223 min read
Top Ten Hanging Tips
The second in the series is on the art (and it is an art!) of hanging your pictures and curating the whole collection. I would imagine...
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Nov 15, 20221 min read
Bling for Christmas?
A 19 carat amethyst set in a 925 antique black silver ring with .45 carats of diamond surrounding. A wonderfully coloured and extremely...
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Nov 15, 20221 min read
Dr Livingstone, I presume?
Cyrus Cuneo (American, 1879-1916), Stanley arriving in Zanzibar. Cyrus Cincinnati Cuneo, known as ‘Ciro’, had an eventful life himself,...
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Nov 14, 20221 min read
Perfect Lady
Portrait of Daphne Marjorie Bourke, inscribed and dated 1909 English school, pastels on fawn paper, 75 x 62cm, inscribed for June, her...
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Nov 13, 20221 min read
A Contribution from the Dispatch Department
Once In a while, in fact uniquely, we have allowed our Dispatch Clerk to put an article on the website. In fact, he did the deal without...
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Nov 10, 20221 min read
And, again, Japan, but wow......
Photographs do not wholly do justice to this glorious decorative Japanese Satsuma millefleur bowl from the Meiji period. The petal lobed...
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Nov 8, 20221 min read
And from Japan..........
A highly decorative Japanese garlic head green ground cloisonne vase, 32 cms high. This large and splendid early 20th century vase is...
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Nov 3, 20222 min read
You've been Framed
We have, tucked away on the website, the names of certain experts we rely on very heavily, so we thought it time to talk a bit more about...
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Nov 3, 20221 min read
The greatest Military Commander ever known.....
...............together with his son, The King of Rome, who sadly died at the age of 21 without knowing his father. Also present is...
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Nov 2, 20221 min read
We know very little.................
about this charming portrait of a young girl. But we will keep researching. 69 x 61 cms, framed and mounted. An early 20th century...
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Nov 1, 20221 min read
The 1st November! .................Christmas soon
Here he is, Captain Slaughterboard, the badest pirate there has ever been............ until he meets Yellow Creature. A glorious tale...
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Oct 28, 20221 min read
And then, on a somewhat different scale......
..........a copper framed minature, on ivory, of the Golden Temple in Amritsar probably from the nineteenth century. One of the rarer...
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Oct 27, 20221 min read
India
We lived in India some year's ago, so there are quite a view items from there on our website. First, a glorious minature. We believe it...
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Oct 25, 20221 min read
and more rings.....and Christmas is for showing off a bit!!
This is a really stunning ring in gold plated silver. The cabochon tanzanite shows variations in its colour in changing light and the...
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Oct 25, 20221 min read
Rings, rings, rings: A silver and gold Michael Bolton ring set with amethysts and garnets
Michael Bolton was the most remarkable self-taught silversmith and jeweller who we knew well until his sadly early death in 2005. He was...
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Oct 21, 20221 min read
Who is this soldier?
Oil on board.19th or early 20th Century. Mounted, glazed and framed portrait 10 x 14cms (22 x 26 Framed). Portraits of unknown soldiers...
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Oct 20, 20221 min read
Extraordinary Detailed Watercolour
This is the ideal Victorian watercolour. Take a good look at the skill demonstrated in that nest and the blue of the eggs. The image of...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read
Not quite a Faberge egg!
A Nicholas Plummer sterling silver surprise egg containing a silver gilt floral posy. 5.5cm high, 102.7g. London, 2000. This excellent...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read
Something of a lucky find
Signed lower right, titled, signed and dated '1986' verso, oil on board 60 x 44.5cm The below biography is taken from Neil Simone’s...
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