Hand-turned Wooden Lidded Bowl - Possibly Yew

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Nice round hand-turned wooden bowl with lid. The bowl has been varnished with a very clear, natural varnish. There are a couple of very light marks on each side but these appear to be natural and will become less noticeable with use.

13.5cm diameter x 10cm.

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Large Carved Wooden Shallow Bowl

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Large folk art souvenir type shallow wooden bowl. It has an ornately scalloped edge with a notched circular design on the surface. Lovely looking thing in excellent condition.

28cm x 4cm

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Conical Studio Pottery Mug - LRP IB

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Distinctive conical studio pottery mug in a mixture of tenmoku and other glaze effects in a variety of colours. The very light grey earthenware base is stamped MRP and Ib near the base of the handle but I can't trace the potter. It's in excellent condition.

13cm x 8cm

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Vintage Toast Rack and Oil Bottle - Rayware

Matching toast rack and oil bottle by Rayware. In a very summery blue with sunflowers they are a few years old as the Rayware logo isn't the current one. The toast rack appears perfect, the bottle has two or three chips to the spout, one more noticeable than the others, and is included here as an addition. The weight will not affect UK postage.

Bottle: 16.5cm x 10cm
Rack: 15cm x 8cm x 9cm

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Vintage Stoneware Oil Pourer - Kathy Cartledge

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Lovely stoneware bottle, with handle, in blue with wax resist band around it. I thought it was Bentham Pottery but was thrown by the KC impressed on the base until I discovered that Kathy Cartledge founded Bentham Pottery and this was her mark between 1971 & 1980. It is in excellent condition for something that could be in excess of 40 years old with the glaze still having a high gloss.

12cm (h) x 11cm

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Vintage Ebony Ashtray

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This has puzzled me! It's obviously an ashtray, with three grooves into a central hole. It appeared to have been turned from a single piece of wood but if you stick your finger in, the inside is bigger than it looks - how did they do that? But after several attempts to unscrew it, something moved - I haven't actually managed to unscrew it but it moved a couple of mm. Sit the base in something cold to contract it (remember if you choose cold water, ebony sinks) and you may be able to unscrew it properly but at least the mystery is solved. There is a hairline crack on the top half, not visible in the photos, but it's no threat to its integrity unless I imagine, you subject it to a great deal of pressure, and it remains a great piece. The base is somewhat scratched, I guess from manufacture, but it is otherwise in excellent condition.

9cm x 4.5cm

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Small Crimped Studio Pottery Vase with Petal Detail

Striking green/blue glazed crumpled or re-formed earthenware vase with crimped edge and appliqué petal detail. It doesn't bear a potter's mark but it looks to be an accomplished piece and is in excellent condition

12cm x 9cm

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Stoneware Candle Holder - Australian

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Rather nice stoneware "Wee Willie Winkie" type candle holder in a mixture of blue glazes. It's marked "Handcrafted in Townsville, Qld, Australia."  Townsville has a thriving pottery community although I can't identify the one responsible for this. It's in excellent condition although it has been used.

11.5cm x 4cm  Holds a candle with a base of at least 3cm

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"Somerset" Bone China Pin Tray - Aynsley

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.

12cm x 13.5cm

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Vintage "Herbs" Sugar Bowl/Jam Pot - Taunton Vale

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1970s jam pot by Taunton Vale in the Herbs pattern. It is, unusually for Taunton Vale, uncrazed although the foot ring is stained from sitting on a tea swilled worktop. There is one very small chip to the underside of the rim but otherwise it's very presentable.

10.5cm x 9cm (d)

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Studio Pottery Bowl - Bentham Pottery

From the Bentham Pottery on the edge of the North Yorkshire Dales this is a small pot in their signature wax resist banding although this is browns rather than the blue for which they are more well known. It is possible this once had a lid although it will make a lovely sugar bowl without one as it is in excellent condition.

9cm x 9cm

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Antique Stoneware Blacking Bottle - Doulton Lambeth

Mid sized antique heavy stoneware blacking bottle. It is stamped, one can just about make out the "lton" of Doulton and the number "42". It also has the original cork stopper. Something is rattling around inside although this may just be a piece of cork. It has a couple of small marks and one or two little chips, the least one could expect from a bottle of this age but is in overall very good condition.

13.5cm x 6cm

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Vintage Ceramic Lamp Base - Don Beckley Seaview Pottery Isle of Wight

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Lovely retro lamp base by Don Beckley of the Seaview Pottery on the Isle of Wight. It is decorated with bands of deep red, pinks blues and yellow with a sgraffito pattern about two thirds up. There is a standard bayonet bulb mount, cord and plug but I have not tested these. I will be willing to remove these should you wish but it will not affect the postage unless you are an overseas buyer. In otherwise excellent condition.

19cm (12cm without bulb holder) x 9cm 

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Vintage Toilet Roll Holder

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Rather nice vintage/retro toilet roll holder in, I think, stainless steel. It has a wooden roller, around a metal spindle held in place by the two knurled knobs. There are two mounting holes. It is perfectly serviceable and apart from some paint residue, which will remove with a little effort, and the roller perhaps needing a varnish or seal, is in excellent condition.

Roller length: 11.5cm (most toilet rolls are around 10.5-11cm width)  

Mounting holes are centred 8.5cm apart

Depth: from top of plate to centre of spindle approx 9.5cm

Width: 17cm, roller sits approx 7cm proud from wall

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Wooden Goblet Shaped Vase

Retro looking turned wooden goblet style vase. It is somewhat water splashed and has an odd stain on the bowl. It could be restored to a degree or left to patinate further - up to you. It's an intriguing shape and could still look good in the right environment.

15cm x 9.5cm

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Small hand Carved Ebony Crocodile

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Beautiful little carved ebony crocodile. And that's all there is to say. It's flat bottomed so can sit on a mantle or shelf but it's not heavy enough to be a paper weight. Lovely condition.

15cm long

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Hand Turned Ironwood Candle Holder

Unusually shaped dark reddish brown candleholder, hand turned from a very heavy piece of what appears to be mahogany or some kind of ironwood or lignum vitae (can you detect some bet hedging?). The bowl and stem are plain, the base bowl is carved with what could be a rhino and something similar. It is probably a souvenir but a well made one nevertheless. There are one or two very small marks but these mainly seem to be largely natural. It does look to have been stained but it is quite an impressive little piece nonetheless.

14cm x 7cm

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Vintage Small Round Ebony Trinket Box

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Rather delightful little lidded pot, stamped on the base "Real Ebony". It does have a hairline crack in it, visible in the photos, but this doesn't detract and it's perfectly functional otherwise. It looks to be of some vintage judging by the patina but has very few signs of wear.

7.5cm (d) x 7cm

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Vintage Small Wild Rose Butter Dish - Carlton Ware 2114

Small green butter dish by Carlton Ware in the 2114 Wild Rose pattern. It has the "Australian" backstamp, the form of which one Australian collector dates to pre-1951. If so, this is in excellent condition, with no crazing and only a couple of faint marks to the front and a yellow smudge to the reverse.

13cm x 11cm

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"Wild Tudor" Leaf Tray - Aynsley

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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!

12cm x 13.5cm

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