We look for anything you might think is fun, interesting, beautiful, new, old or odd. Vintage and almost new clothes, ceramics, treen, ephemera, books and costume jewellery. If it fits in a box, we'll sell it.

Tuesday 30 September 2014

Vintage Single Daisy Milk Jug - Kernewek Pottery, Goonhavern



Small cream jug from the Daisy range by Kernewek Pottery of Goonhavern, Cornwall. It bears the "Duchy Direct" version of the Kernewek stamp and is in excellent condition.

7.5cm (h) x 9cm across handle

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Set of Four Studio Pottery Mugs



A set of four really nice studio pottery mugs with pale blue grey glaze and pastel floral brushwork. There is a mark at the base of the handle but I haven't been able to find a reference for it. It's a stylised "FO" or "FD" - any ideas? In excellent condition, all of them. 

8cm (h) x 11cm
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Brass Cat Poker Rest - Peerage



Brass cat poker rest by Peerage. It lacks the original screws holding the rest on, which have been temporarily replaced with small bolts until suitable brass matches can be found. The Peerage stamp is on the base under the front paws - it's very small! Apart from the almost obligatory polish residue it's in excellent condition.

9cm x 6cm x 6cm


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Monday 29 September 2014

Vintage Large Shallow Stoneware Planter



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Large shallow stoneware bowl or more likely, planter. I have no idea of the age, it may be quite vintage although it has a vague similarity to some of the Hartley's of Castleford stoneware of the 50s and 60s. It has what appears to be the residue from some kind of decoration - perhaps it was painted at one time, either sold as such or at a later date. It's otherwise in very good condition and still very useful.
25cm x 5cm

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Vintage 1950s Jasper Style Relief & Gold Lustre Jug - Gibsons




Large gold lustre jug with blue & white jasper style relief band. Dates from the 50s and has some age related wear, mainly partial loss of gilding to the bottom 4cm or so and the handle, crazing to the inside and on the blue band and also a short, faint hairline crack running for about 3cm into the band. It is still a nice looking decorative object and could easily serve as a vase.
 

15cm (h) x13cm
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Tall Japanese Style Studio Pottery Stoneware Vase




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Delightful tall stoneware vase with flanged lip in a Japanese influenced speckled glaze with a bare line 1/4 of the way down. It is unmarked but is in excellent condition.

16.5cm x 7.5cm

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Sunday 28 September 2014

Vintage Silverine Devon Ware Georgian Sugar Bowl - Fieldings Crown Devon




The backstamp dates this to between 1917 & 1930 or thereabouts. It's a Devon Ware Silverine finish double handled sugar bowl in the Georgian shape by Fieldings. It has very few marks with a little crazing to the plain surfaces and only very minimal wear to some of the raised edges. The matt black handle finish looks almost new. There is a small chip to the foot ring but this isn't visible in normal use. 

18cm x 9cm x 9cm

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Red Banded Fluted Necked China Bud Vase - Royal Tuscan - Wedgwood



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Very nice ivory coloured china bud vase by Royal Tuscan. It's a robust hotel ware quality and does not have a pattern name apart from an 8 on the base - the fluted top inch of the neck and the red band round the waist being the only decoration. It's in excellent condition bar some smudgy marks on the base, partly to be expected.
 
Measurements are approximate:
13.5cm x 7cm


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Small Hand Turned Wooden Bud Vase




Beautiful slender necked bud vase hand turned by AGP Woodturning of Plymouth. I'm not sure of the timber but it's a lovely reddish brown. It does have a glass insert so can be used with water, albeit carefully. In almost perfect condition.
14cm x 4cm
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Saturday 27 September 2014

Vintage Shell Cruet Set - Carlton Ware - Kitsch, Retro



Cruet set comprising salt and pepper pots in the shape of what could be whelk shells. The mustard pot has a vague shell shape also and all three sit on a scallop shell. They are from the late era Carlton Ware, probably 1970s, (the backstamp is the post 1968 decal style) and are a pinky-brown colour. The mustard pot has a tiny chip on the finial and the salt pot a small chip in the glaze running from the hole, something that isn't uncommon with salt pots, and otherwise the set is in good condition despite having been used. The original rubber stoppers are still in situ.
 Overall: 16cm x 16cm x 10cm

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Hand Decorated Pyrographed Wooden Mug Shaped Spill Vase



Small hand turned and hand finished wooden mug shaped spill vase. It is conical with two rows of pyrographed, or burned in, fir tree shapes, the top row inverted.  It's in very good condition with only a couple of marks, mainly to the small semi circular handle. Measurements are approximate: 9.5cm x 8.5cm

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Cobalt Blue Coffee Cup and Saucer - Martell Cognac - Apilco?




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Heavy porcelain coffee cup and saucer in deep and vivid cobalt blue with gold edging and bright white on the inside. Both cup and saucer are marked with the Martell Cognac name and logo on their undersides. There's no maker's name but they are very reminiscent of a range by Apilco of France and I would be happy to bet that they are. They are in excellent condition although there are a few small marks to the surfaces of the saucer but the deep colour hides these well. 

Cup: 9cm across handle x 4.5cm
Saucer: 12cm

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Friday 26 September 2014

Vintage "Stockholm" Butter Dish - Crown Devon Fieldings - Nigella



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1950s vintage butter dish base of the Karen shape in the Stockholm pattern, popularised a little while ago by Nigella Lawson. This one though does not feature the deer motif. Some surface marks and a little wear to the red rim and a very small chip about 3mm long on one long edge but still presentable.   

16cm x 12.5cm

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Vintage Small Dish - Leighton Pottery



Small rectangular dish, possibly the base to a cheese dish, by Leighton Pottery of Burslem. It has a border of light blue dots, lines and pink roses. There is some wear to the gilding around the edges, some light crazing and some discolouration. there is also what is either a small chip or a burst glaze bubble towards one of the long edges, next to a red mark. These are quite old and may well be original. The back bears the stamp used between 1946 & 1954.

Diameter:14cm x 17.5cm


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Thursday 25 September 2014

Large Vintage White and Blue Enamel Kidney Bowl



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Large white enamel kidney bowl with blue rolled edge. It does have a couple of chips through the blue edging that are showing signs of corrosion and there is a little age-related wear but it is still very presentable.

26cm x 15cm x 4.5cm


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Vintage Novelty Face Celery Storage Jar - Sadler



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Large green novelty celery jar with a smiley celery face by Sadler. It is pretty much faultless apart from a little crazing and what looks to be an original crack on the rim above the "C", original in that it appears glazed. The inside is cracked in the same area but again, this appears to be a surface and doesn't extend to the edges. Nice looking novelty jar for the dinner table.


21cm x 9cm
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Hand Carved Wooden Elephant


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Small wooden elephant ornament, hand carved from a black wood that may or may not be ebony. Indeed, it may even be stained, I haven't dug into it to find out although there is a grain crack across its left flank that looks to be uniformly coloured. Sorry to flap, I'm no good on woods, let alone exotic ones so can only describe as best I can. Unusually it still has its fake ivory tusks so a rare complete ornament! In excellent condition.

8cm x 8cm
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Wednesday 24 September 2014

Vintage Small Orange & White Polka Dot Ware Jug - Sandygate Pottery, Devon



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Small jug by the Sandygate Pottery of Kingsteignton, Devon. The pottery was known for its polka dot ware and this is in orange with white dots and white interior. It is of white clay so is a little later than the early red clay wares from the early 1950s. The pottery closed in the 1990s. There is some crazing to the white interior surface but otherwise it's in very good condition.
All measurements approximate: 11.5cm x 7cm


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Pair of Mounted Hand Carved Wooden Birds



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Unusual ornament, a pair of handacrved wooden birds mounted on a piece of worn driftwood or bogwood.They are of an indeterminate species carved from unidentified wood, although it's very light. The birds are mounted on a small piece of dowl, itself mounted in the base. They can be positioned and removed (I will remove them and wrap them separately for dispatch). There is what appears to be a small water stain on one tail fan but otherwise they are in very good condition.

Log: 4cm x 17cm
Birds approx: 12cm beak to tail, 5cm wingspan



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Enameled Bowl w/ Owl & Pussycat Verse by Edward Lear - Royal Academy Of Arts



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Smart white enameled bowl from the Royal Academy of Arts collection. It features the first verse of "The Owl & the Pussycat" by Edward Lear in the centre plus Lear's own illustrations to his other work around the edge. It is in very good condition, a few manufacturing marks in the enamel to the top surface, a little wear to the base but otherwise very presentable.

24cm diameter


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Tuesday 23 September 2014

Miniature Studio Earthenware Pottery Jug - Geoffrey Small



Exquisite little earthenware jug with a white wash and brushwork flower head in brown. It also has a brown design on the small base. It is stamped "G.S.". The general consensus seems to be that this is Geoffrey Small who potted out of Luton until 2002. It is in excellent condition. 5.5cm x 8cm (across handle)

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Tey Pottery Miniature - Countryside Collection No 6 Public House "White Horse"



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Miniature pub from the Countryside Collection by Tey Pottery of Lenwade, Norfolk. This pub is the untimbered version, the "White Horse". It still has the  original label on the base. The model is in excellent condition.

8cm x 4cm x 5.5cm


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Vintage 1950s/1960s Campagnolo Band On Down Tube Shifters





This pair of down tube shifters was purchased by my father several years ago while converting his taylor made 1950s Les Ephgrave built cycle to a "double clanger" but never used. Dad sadly passed away recently and I came across them in his shed. They have the less common domed locking nut on each side, engraved with "Brev Inter Campagnolo". The band is a little off-centre but I think this will probably right itself when tightened. Everything else seems to be in good order. Whether the cables are original, I don't know.


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Monday 22 September 2014

Small Red Resin Laughing Buddha



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Small red laughing Buddha in red resin. Great detail, in excellent condition.

5cm x 3.5cm


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Vintage Cottage Ware Sugar Bowl - Beswick 245




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Vintage 1930 - post war cottage ware sugar bowl from Beswick. It is impressed 245 on the base alongside the backstamp that was used pre- and post WWII. Apart from some mildly ingrained crazing it's in very good condition with no chips or cracks.

Dimensions: 13cm x 6.5cm

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Vintage Studio Pottery Candle Holder & Posy Ring - Alice Palser



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Lovely small posy ring style candle holder in cream glazed earthenware with brown edging. It's by Alice Palser, who now concentrates more on figurative ornamental sculpture rather than pottery. The centre is conical with a small flat base so should fit the classic, slender style of candle with the chamfered ends. In excellent condition.
10cm x 4cm (across handle)

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Sunday 21 September 2014

Vintage Studio Pottery Planter - Alunglam?





Hand thrown studio pottery stoneware planter. Circular design around the outside on an ochre background. It is inscribed on the base with what appears to be "Alunglam Pottery 1983". I've tried variations on this but still can't come up with anything. I think it may possibly be Welsh (Glamorgan?) but I would be grateful for any information. It's in excellent condition.

11cm x 12cm (d)


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Saturday 20 September 2014

Retro Iridescent Orange Sugar Bowl - PALT Czechoslovakia




Retro iridescent orange sugar bowl from PALT, then of Czechoslovakia (or Czecho-Slovakia as stated by the backstamp). It is impressed 372 on the base. The colour, white interior and black rim give it an almost enameled look. Very small flea bite on the rim otherwise very good.

9.5cm x7cm (h)


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Vintage Handpainted Blue Ashtray - Dragon Pottery Rhayader




Crimped edged ashtray by the Dragon Pottery of Rhyadar. At least I think it's an ashtray - it could be used for anything.  It's in the less common handpainted blue pattern and while it has the expected crazing and a couple of very tiny stains it's in very good condition.
12cm x 3.5cm

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Vintage Tankard Mug - Widecombe Fair - Lord Nelson Pottery



Large green and silver detailed tankard with the lyrics to "Widecombe Fair" (Uncle Tom Cobley) and a cartoon on one side. It is in excellent condition with no wear to the silvering.
 
12.5cm x 14cm (across handle)

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Friday 19 September 2014

Vintage Daisy Milk Jug - Kernewek Pottery, Goonhavern



Milk jug from the Daisy range by Kernewek Pottery of Goonhavern, Cornwall. Steadily dwindling supply of these since the pottery closed in 2005 and while there is a little bit of wear to the gold line around the rim (another feature of this design) it is otherwise in every good condition.

11cm (h) x 12cm across handle

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Vintage Yellow "Salad Ware" Plate 1617/6 - Carlton Ware



Large salad ware dish, pattern 1617/6 in plain yellow. It is unmarked on the back apart from an impressed 1617/6, which is a Carlton pattern (and I've had one before!). There are a couple of small and well disguised chips on the square end and some of the edges are a little worn (the darker marks) but some careful cleaning may be able to remove some of these if they are stains. Additional, the colour in real life is rather brighter and a bit more yellow than in the pictures.

18cm x 18.5cm
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Large Wooden Fruit Bowl



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Large and solid wooden fruit bowl. Stained tan with a lovely grain. There are a few scratch marksand a couple of very small dents, mainly to the inside, and some red ink stains on the surface of the bowl. If you're up to it, a few hours work with some wire wool and a bottle of varnish will have this restored very nicely.

25cm x 12cm
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Thursday 18 September 2014

Set of 6 Vintage Welsh Themed Whiskey Glasses - MC Reims - Jenny Jones



Boxed set of 6 small whiskey shot glasses, dating I suspect from the 1960s, each with an identical decal of a Welsh "Jenny Jones" at a spinning wheel with a mountain backdrop. They are in their original box, the card mount of which bears the legend "Six Hand Decorated Welsh Whiskey Glasses". I think hand decorated is a bit of a stretch as a description although they do have gold rims and the decals were probably applied by hand! Apart from a little wear to the rims they are in excellent condition and the box and mounts, apart from being a little dusty, show no wear. 

Box Size: 18.5cm x 16.5cm x 5.5cm
Glass size: 5.7cm x 4.7cm


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Vintage Art Deco Jug - H & K, Tunstall Hollinshead & Kirkham



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Hand painted jug by H & K (Hollinshead & Kirkham) of Tunstall. It is from their Art Deco era output but isn't one of the highly collectable "Delicious Dozen", although it is one of the shapes that were used, with the same style handle, pinch spout and ridge. It is quite crazed but still clean and is otherwise excellent condition.

12cm x 12cm


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Wednesday 17 September 2014

Blue Glazed Perforated Tea Light Holder - Ingleton Pottery




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Mug sized tea light holder with band of triangle shaped holes and dark blue glaze. In excellent condition.

8.5cm x 8.5cm 


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Vintage Small Terracotta Posy Vase - Artisan



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Small posy vase in an unglazed terracotta. It is well thrown but the impressed triangle, lines and dots pattern is a little haphazard. Despite this it has quite a rustic charm. It has a definite African feel but that may just be coincidental. It has a few little dents and scratches from throwing but no chips or cracks. Some staining but again, this may be original.  7cm x 8.5cm

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Vintage "Gaytime" Sugar Jug - Lord Nelson Pottery - Retro 1960s



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Vintage milk jug from the "Gaytime" range by Lord Nelson Pottery. Very 60s design, with birds and flowers in bold colours. It is very slightly stained to the footring but this may clean off. Otherwise it's in excellent condition.

9cm x 12cm (across handle)

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Tuesday 16 September 2014

Studio Pottery Stoneware Jug - Colin Kellam



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Beautiful handpainted stoneware jug by Colin Kellam of Totnes. Lovely grey and red ochre leaf design on a grey and brown glossy glaze. Very nice piece indeed from this highly collectable potter.

9cm x 11.5cm (across handle)

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Handpainted Cup and Saucer in the 'Vineyard' Pattern - Poole



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Very pretty handpainted cup and saucer in the 'Vineyard' pattern.  (This is just one of a set of 6.)   Condition is excellent with no cracks, hairline cracks or chips.  Please note that as these are handpainted, whilst the pattern is still the same, the colours may be darker on some.

Microwave, dishwasher and freezer safe.
 
All measurements approx:

CUP:
Across top incl, handle:
)11cm (diameter of cup: 8cm)
Height: 6.5cm
SAUCER:
Diameter: 15.5cm

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Large Articulated Flexible Wooden Crocodile Toy





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Large wooden toy crocodile made of 49 individually articulating sections. A little worn in places but generally very good and still working perfectly.

48cm long, 7.5cm wide

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Monday 15 September 2014

Large Handpainted Water Jug - Shorter


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Very large and visually striking handpainted water jug. The painting over the embossed floral design is quite crude and it is marked on the base "Hand painted by Shorter England". Whether this is Shorter & Son, I don't know as the backstamp doesn't really match anything of theirs I can find. If it is, it is at least 50 years old and in that case it's in extremely clean condition and with only a minimum of crazing. Regardless, it is a very distinctive display piece.

18cm x 12.5cm x 17.5cm (across handle)


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Vintage Green Glazed Swan Planter - Blue Mountain Pottery, Canada - Collectable



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Highly collectable swan shaped planter by Blue Mountain. It's in the green reflowing glaze with the base being slightly brown coloured, this denoting I believe an earlier model, although I cannot confirm this and have no idea of when the model was first produced. I think it's possibly 1960s/70s. It has the three pine mark and also the round blue and silver three pine sticker on the base. It's in fine condition

14.5cm x 11cm x 11cm

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Kitchen Storage Jar - Currants - Toni Raymond Pottery



Large kitchen storage jar, helpfully disposing of any dilemma you may have about what to store by being clearly labelled "Currants". The wooden lid fits well although the varnish is flaking off so will need a bit of restoration. The glaze has crazed somewhat but in all other respects the jar is in excellent condition. Indeed, I doubt it has ever been used.

17cm (incl lid) x 12.5cm


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Sunday 14 September 2014

Ting Footed Bowl LS 1012 - Royal Doulton Lambeth Stoneware



A Royal Doulton Lambeth Stoneware goblet or chalice shaped footed bowl in the Ting pattern, LS 1012 with embossed floral pattern and brown rim. Lovely retro look, design from 1974. In near faultless condition with only a little bit of colour loss on the brown rim. Decal on inside of pedestal has slipped and what with the slight loss of coloured on this hitherto unused (acquired in original manufacturers plastic sleeve) I assume this to be a slight second. Regardless, it is still a lovely looking piece and a fine replacement.

11cm x 9cm

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