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.
Tear
dropshaped pin tray decorated with a hand drawn leaf shaped over a blue
background. It's by Cromarty Pottery, the earlier Alison and Alistair
Dunn period. Lovely condition, nice little item.
Small
square fluted blue bone china dish withmixed flower design at the
centre and a gold rim. In pretty good condition although there is some
bubbling in the glaze around the inside edges of the base. Doesn't
distract from the overall quality.
Small fluted green bone china dish
with pink rose design at the centre and a handpainted gold rim. In
excellent condition with only a couple of small firing marks
SOLD Collectable pin tray by Brittania Designs from their counties range and featuring mainly Hertfordshire & Buckinghamshire but also part of Bedfordshire. In excellent condition although faintly crazed.
Nice
little bone china leaf shaped pin tray by Cara China. Yellow green base
with orange tint at the edges and deep burgundy veins and edges. There
is one tiny flea bite to the edge (see pic) otherwise it's in excellent
condition.
Excellent
gold rimmed bone china pin tray by Aynsley in the Somerset pattern. The
tiniest, barely visible bit of wear to the gold lining otherwise it's
in superb condition.
Lovely
leaf shaped bone china tray in the Wild Tudor pattern from Aynsley.
Gold rimmed and in excellent condition with only very tiny drop outs in
the gold edging giving any indication as to its age. Please note the
dark mark on the pattern in the pictures has been removed and it now
looks perfect. The backstamp though does have a deliberate scratch
across it, invariably the sign that this is a factory second. Apart from
the almost invisible wear to the gilding I can't see anything else to
obviously warrant the designation but Aynsley quality control is/was
exceptional and there must be something somewhere!
Small
light tan coloured pin tray or ashtray by Honiton Pottery. It features a
summer fruits design with blackcurrants, raspberries and gooseberries.
I think it was meant to be square but this one is a little offset and
is very slightly lozenge shaped, which makes it a bit of a novelty. In
all
other respects it's in excellent condition.
Lovely
earthenware pin tray from the long gone Tyn Llan Pottery of Penmorfa,
near Porthmadog. It features a Celtic knot and has a pale blue wash
glaze. It's in lovely condition.
Vintage
pressed glass candlestick and matching pin tray in carnival glass pink
colour. My feeling is that there ought to be a second candlestick holder
but minimal interior design skills should should be enough to cope with
this particular arrangement! They have been used as there's a bit of
wax residue but there's no apparent damage.
Beautiful
small shallow pin tray by Portmadoc Pottery of Wales. Blue on yellow catherine wheel drip
glaze with petal design in the centre. The base is marked with the pottery stamp and 1 plus a
hand written decorator's signature which I can't make out but begins
with D. It's in excellent condition.
Small
round bone china ashtray in the Clementine pattern by Wedgwood. Three
grooves for cigarettes. A couple of little dark marks on the corners of the grooves but
otherwise in very good condition.
Charming
little stoneware pin tray in a yellow-brown glaze with a tiny leaf
image at its centre, produced by the Taizé ecumenical community in central
France. Taizé use local clay and make many glazes and ashes from the
plants and minerals around the community. In perfect condition.
Beautiful
triangular pin tray from the Broadway Pottery. It is green glazed with
greyish edges and a star design in the centre. The base is unglazed and
marked with the Broadway stamp. Information on Broadway is scant - it
was founded in 1959 by A.E Wheeler, and Muriel Tudor Jones worked there
for the first four years. Her items are usually marked but this has no
other markings. Condition is excellent.
Beautiful
little blue hand-painted pin tray from Portmadoc Pottery, produced between the mid 1970s and '90s. It's a
glossy drip glaze into a kind of rosette, matt on the reverse. It is
signed on the base J. Jones and has a shape number, 110. There is one tiny chip on one corner but
otherwise all other marks are original and have been overglazed.
Absolutely
gorgeous small stoneware pin dish with upturned edges and impressed
lines and circles in each corner. The edges are blue and with a lovely
picture of irises in the centre. Very Japanese influenced. It is signed
on the back but I can't make it out. It could be Mija or Miya although
the latter is unlikely as while there is a Miya, the logo is entirely
different. In excellent condition.
SOLD Small, squared pin tray/dish by Wade with a
red vintage fire engine design on the face. Somewhat crazed and a couple
of small drop outs on the gold rim but otherwise fine.
Brass
pin tray featuring a lady in Welsh national costume, Jenny Jones, at a
spinning wheel. The rim is embossed with a floral design and "Jenny
Jones" across the top. Not the greatest of detail but in very good
condition nevertheless.