Decorative Arts and Ephemera
Beautiful Victorian ruby glass scent bottle c. 1880
Price: £400
This is a lovely ruby glass scent bottle decorated with enamel flowers in a twisted design. Has a brass top with chain with original stopper which is quite rare to have.
Fun set of egg cups and timer 1970s
Price: £10
This is a very nostalgic set of four egg cups and timer in turned wood with fitted box, made in Japan
Arts and Crafts Stump work Firescreen 1900
Price: £20
This is a wonderful firescreen in a typical Arts and Crafts minimal design, with lovely stump work embroidery depicting two couple in garden
Arts and Crafts pewter cruet set c. 1910
Price: £20
This is a striking set of a mustard pot with glass lining and spoon with a salt and pepper by Craftsman Pewter, Sheffield. They are in hammered pewter and are styled to have an old world sort of look. This is not quite as modern looking as Arts and Crafts were at that time but the simple lines and hammered effect denotes this period of design. This is even more complicated with the mill grain detail on the salt and pepper and the lion feet that are more Georgian in design. A real mixture of styles here! Marked Craftsman Pewter Sheffield on the bottom of the mustard.
English Arts and Crafts Pin Tray 1900
Price: £30
This is a lovely carved wood hanging pin tray with typical Arts and Crafts carving
Pair of bisque relief plaques by artist Bertel Thorvaldsen. Royal Copenhagen 1969 - 74
Price: £40
This is a stunning pair of bisque porcelain plaques depicting two well known images of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Four Seasons series. Here are Autumn and Winter. This series was produced by Royal Copenhagen Porcelain between 1969 - 74. They are drilled for hanging.
Bertel Thorvaldsen (born Nov. 19, 1770, or Nov. 13, 1768, Copenhagen, Den.—died March 24, 1844, Copenhagen), sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. Prominent in Roman intellectual and artistic circles, he influenced many emerging artists from Europe and the United States. Most of Thorvaldsen’s most characteristic sculptures are reinterpretations of the figures or themes of classical antiquity. The Alexander frieze of 1812 in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, modeled in only three months in anticipation of a visit by Napoleon, is an example of the feverish energy with which he could at times work. Religious sculptures include the colossal series of statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles (1821–27) in the Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen. He also made numerous portrait busts of distinguished contemporaries.
2 Royal Doulton mini Toby mugs - Porthos and Falstaff
Price: £10
These are very fun small collectible Toby mugs depicting the Musketeer Porthos and Shakespearean character Falstaff
Edwardian brass door knocker c. 1910
Price: £20
This is a beautiful brass door knocker in the shape of a lions head. This is quite a common motif. This lion is quite well rendered with a gentle face. Marked Portugal on the reverse.
Space Age Coffee Percolator Samovar 1950s
Price: £20
This is a wonderful piece of 1950s kitsch, a chromed metal percolator and samovar with wood handles
Victorian ships inkwell with original fitted ink pots
Price: £65
This is an unusual inkwell that originally would have sat on an officer's desk on a ship. In oak wood with brass fittings and decoration. With two original inkpots.
Large Victorian ladies belt buckle, late C19th
Price: £50
This is a very unusual large buckle of exceptionally large size decorated in the classical style with a central embossed image of a lady's head, possibly Aphrodite, surrounded by cupid like putti disporting themselves and at play. Marked 'Silver Plated'..
Massive Victorian Carnelian Cameo Shell
Price: £40
This is a very large example of a carnelian shell, such pieces often being used for the creation of cameos in the nineteenth century and before. This example has been polished in certain areas to give the shell a more elegant and finely worked decoration suitable for use as a table ornament. Carved carnelian cameo shells were favoured souvenirs from the Grand Tour and were found mainly in the North and West African waters. This piece is of an exceptionally large size, which is both desirable in itself and occurs much less frequently.
Victorian leather bound photo album made by Mechi and Bazin c.1870
Price: £100
This is an incredible photo album comprising a finely tooled green leather cover and gilt edged pages that have inserts for the photos. It is made by Mechi and Bazin, a well respected manufacturer based on Regent Street in central London and mainly known for their campaign fitted toiletry boxes and writing slopes. This album is quite petite so it was most likely also meant for travel. It holds 23 beautiful Victorian photographs : mainly portraits with a few outdoor views.The album Is marked 'Mechi & Bazin Makers London' on front cover.
Beautiful small daguerreotype in a frame c. 1850
Price: £25
This is an amazing daguerreotype of two young girls probably made for an officer to take as a memento while travelling. The daguerreotype was the first commercially successful photographic process in the history of photography. Announced to the public in 1839 the daguerreotype enjoyed great popularity in the 1840s and 1850s. Named after the inventor, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, each daguerreotype is a unique image on a silvered copper plate.
Georgian small glass scent bottle in fitted etui case c1800
Price: £50
This is a rare small glass scent bottle that comes in a fitted etui case perfect for a gentleman's pocket. The moulded glass is finely fluted on both the body and top.
Victorian Bronze Chamber Candlestick in the form of a Griffin, late C19th
Price: £40
This is a very striking bronze chamber stick in the form of a griffin with fine detail to the casting of the face and feathers. The griffin is a well known legendary creature with the body, tail, and back legs of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. Griffins were known as the guardians of treasures and priceless possessions even in Classical antiquity and were to become familiar elements of heraldry. The choice of this creature as the suppport for a candlestick (the form suggests a chamvber candlestick) cannot be easily explained. Does the griffin here protect its owner in some way? Whatever the answer the result is a striking decorative ensemble which could enhance many a domestic interior.