Wonderful Herend Candlesticks
Actually there seems to be a debate about this Herend model, made between 1900 and 1950 - dolphin or koi carp? Koi carp are also known...
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Sep 30, 20231 min read
A dramatic Agate ring
Of unknown origin, this sombrely grand agate ring, in white metal with gilded highlights might be Italian or Turkish. It is a dramatic...
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Sep 28, 20231 min read
Cartier Tray
A very pretty Lapis Lazuli effect painted tray made in Italy for Christian Dior. I think things like this are probably called trinket...
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Sep 24, 20231 min read
A silver amethyst and garnet ring, size Q, 11gms
A very attractive, unusual and inexpensive silver ring, set with amethysts and garnets, a sort of no brainer present at not much more...
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Sep 24, 20231 min read
A French Apothecary’s cut glass dome
Some of you may remember enormous glass flagons in old chemist shops, filled with coloured water - they were almost as ubiquitous as the...
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Sep 17, 20231 min read
Porcelain flower encrusted trinket box. Meissen?!
We have a bit of a weakness for these 19th century flowery rococo porcelain pieces, they aren't to everyone's taste and they are a mixed...
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Sep 10, 20231 min read
And a 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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Sep 3, 20231 min read
The pope, or just a Cardinal?
Attributed to Feliks Topolski. This wonderfully flamboyant cardinal has real impact and all the character and humour that...
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Aug 31, 20231 min read
Three Ladies
Mixed media on paper indistinctly inscribed in pencil with additional markings verso, 33.5 x 24cm excluding mount and frame. Well who...
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Aug 29, 20231 min read
…..and another
69 x 63 cm with frame and mount, glazed This wonderful early 20th century portrait drawing on paper is probably French. Sadly we have no...
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Aug 25, 20231 min read
The first of two great portraits
English school, pastels on fawn paper, 75 x 62cm, inscribed forJune, her mother, aged 12 years in 1907. Good condition, very slight...
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Aug 24, 20231 min read
Pictures, all carefully researched
Our selection of pictures is probably the most difficult. Not only do we have to like them enough, so you do.
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Aug 18, 20230 min read
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Aug 15, 20231 min read
Copy of Wonderful Gilt Metal and Enamel Parrots
These gloriously brightly enamelled parrots sitting on their branches are something different and look really spectacular on a table. ...
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Aug 9, 20231 min read
Deckchairs; quick the weather is changing
So, Tracey Emin (blue) and Damian Hirst (pink) have designed these chairs and someone you know (maybe you?) deserves to sit in them. The...
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Jul 26, 20231 min read
CURIOSITIES A SPECIALITY
DO YOU WANT A FOSSIL? A BEZOAR STONE, A ROMAN TOOTHPICK?
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Jul 12, 20231 min read
And our bath oil is just wonderful
Whether or not you chose to have it in a silver-topped cut-glass bottle
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Jun 27, 20231 min read
Our Pictures are chosen with the greatest care
Please tell us if you would like to come ans see them.
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Jun 23, 20231 min read
Glass Dome of Shells
We think shells always appeal and love a glass dome whatever you have inside it. This Victorian glass dome on its turned wooden...
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