Did you mind getting married?
The Girl Who Wouldn't Mind Getting Married The eleven framed pages, including title page of The Girl Who Wouldn't Mind Getting Married by...
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pluperfectpresents
Apr 5, 20231 min read
I just love this picture and The Story
Antoni Sulek: Panorama of a Stately Home Oil on paper, signed and indistinctly dated, glazed in silvered frame, 119 x 43cm in frame From...
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Mar 30, 20231 min read
Just Two Beds
This oddly appealing painting arrived with us in a bit of a state but cleaning and re-framing has brought it out to best advantage. We...
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Mar 28, 20231 min read
A proper Children’s Dinner service
A Ridgways ‘Humphreys Clock’ dolls china part dinner service (Not all!) Humphreys Clock pattern depicts scenes from Charles Dickens’...
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Mar 23, 20231 min read
Charming 1845 miniatures of Albert Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal
These dear little 1845 miniatures of Albert Prince of Wales and Victoria Princess Royal, the eldest son and daughter of Queen Victoria...
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pluperfectpresents
Mar 21, 20231 min read
It’s either Persian or Indian
Beautiful and tactile iron vase with Arabic script and decorative silver inlay, probably Persian rather than the Indian bidri ware with...
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Mar 18, 20231 min read
Or Maybe………
Tristan MacDougall. 'Daedalus'? Cast bronze medallion. 9 x 10cm. From the Trevor Baxter collection of contemporary art. Trevor Baxter was...
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Mar 16, 20231 min read
Ron Dutton: Cloud Moon Strike
Ron Dutton, 'Cloud Moon Strike', 2006 Ron Dutton (b.1935). A crescent moon with setsquare motif, cast bronze. Diameter 10.5cm. From the...
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Mar 14, 20231 min read
A TIBETAN PERCHA
A page from a 19th or early 20th century Tibetan pecha – a traditional unbound Tibetan book. This is part of the story of Drowa Zangmo....
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Mar 11, 20231 min read
A sweet children’s book for Easter?
Well, possibly not, but wonderful!! A 1945 copy of Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake First published in 1939 Captain...
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Mar 9, 20231 min read
A perfect set of Troy weights. A ‘different’ present
A set of nesting bronze troy weights. 2.3cm high These little cups with their perfect catch are a real collectors’ item. They almost...
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Mar 7, 20231 min read
A charming small Buddha
An enamelled Peking glass Medicine Buddha seated on the lotus throne This fascinating and unusual little 20th century Buddha, 12.5cm...
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Mar 5, 20231 min read
…and ends the week at Wick Court Farm !!
Jacob Sutton, oil on canvas, ‘Wick Court Farm’, signed inscribed and dated 2010 verso, 71.5 x 59cm unframed. We were very lucky to find 2...
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Mar 4, 20231 min read
And who is this? Please tell me!!
20th century interior scene with chair, fruit and mug on a table Signed, A Roberts or possibly Roland, neither of whom we know about...
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Mar 2, 20231 min read
To follow….. Maggie Clarysse flowers?
Do see the previous blog for a descriptions: £230
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Feb 28, 20232 min read
It’s picture week: First, Maggie Clarysee: Fruit….?
Maggy Clarysse. Still Life with Citrus Fruits. Oil on canvas, signed lower right and verso. 87 x 66cm PROVENANCE; The residual studio...
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Feb 26, 20231 min read
Pluperfect Presents is in India
It's a tough gig, seeking presents. Well, some of the time
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
Then moves to Tibet…
A Tibetan white metal teabowl cover and stand A Tibetan embossed and chased white metal tea bowl stand and cover with polished jadeite...
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Feb 21, 20231 min read
The world tour this week starts in Damascus…….
Trevor Haddon (1864-1941). Arab street scene with figures before a minaret. Arab street scene with figures before a minaret (possibly the...
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Feb 18, 20231 min read
AND SOME BOAR HUNTING
An Indian miniature of a boar hunting scene A maharaja and his attendants hunting boar, gouache on paper, 14 x 22cm, framed and glazed. ...
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