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.

Sunday, 2 March 2014

Studio Pottery Stoneware Oil Drizzler



Small pinch spout stoneware oil drizzler or water jug in a speckled grey green glaze with fern design. Unmarked but in excellent condition. Needs a cork.

11cm x 8.5cm

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Bud Vase by Highbank Pottery, Lochgilphead



Beautiful bulb shaped bud porcelain slip vase by Highbank Pottery, Lochgilphead. It features a handpainted grass design and is in excellent condition. 

16cm x 8cm

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Saturday, 1 March 2014

Vintage Miniature Bud Vase - Flora Gouda Holland



Beautiful little pale blue handpainted bud vase by Flora Pottery, Gouda Holland. Excellent condition - no marks or chips

8cm (h) x 4.5cm
 
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Small Studio Pottery Planter



Very smart looking small earthenware planter with unglazed base and cream and blue wax resist pattern on the outside. Inside it's a pale green coloured wash. There is a mark, it looks to be a monogram of L & P but I have been unable to find a reference for this yet. It's in excellent condition bar a couple of small marks on the base.

9cm (h) x 9.3cm

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Friday, 28 February 2014

Set of Four Novelty Ceramic Coasters - Arthur Wood



This is a set of four heavy china/ironstone tile coasters by Arthur Wood in the "Back to Front Frog" design. They each feature a straw boater wearing cartoon frog, two facing forwards and two looking away. The backstamp is I think one used until the company was acquired by Price & Kensington in 1989 but as ever this does not necessarily provide an accurate date!  In excellent condition but someone has affixed neoprene pads to each corner which you may or may not wish to remove.

9.5cm x 9.5cm x 0.8cm
 
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Vintage Large Milk Jug - Jersey Pottery




Spherical milk jug (which I think has been used as a vase) by Jersey Pottery. It's a brown wash over plain white with sgraffito designs in a band around the top half. It also features the Jersey coat of arms. Crazed otherwise in very good condition.

14cm x 10cm
 
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Miniature Oldcourt Lustre Ware Vase - J.Fryer



Miniature pearlescent lustre vase with handpainted floral design and gold rim. The backstamp is from the era 1955-60  and bar a touch of wear (not much at all) to the gilding it's in excellent condition.

7.5cm x 5cm

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Tuesday, 25 February 2014

Collectable - Poole Pottery Stoneware Plate with Wren Signed CS



Very collectable unglazed stoneware dish by Poole Pottery featuring a wren on some ivy with black glazed or enameled eye. Poole Pottery backstamp on the base as well as the initials CS. One or two small marks but nothing too serious and in otherwise very good condition.
 

Measurements: 13cm diameter
 
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Monday, 24 February 2014

Stoneware Canal - Narrowboat - Souvenir Mug - Staffs & Worcester Canal



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Novelty studio pottery stoneware mug with base mounted handle and a plaque fixed to the "front" bearing the legend "I Fell in the Staffs & Worcs Canal". Obviously great for the clumsy boater in your life. It is marked "SP" near the base but I can't find a reference for this potter. In excellent condition.

12.5cm x 10cm
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Vintage Green Irish Porcelain Tankard - 1953 - Irish Wade




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Lovely heavy green tankard made from Irish Porcelain.  The green glaze has been put on over a blue glaze which can be seen on the exterior towards the base and in the interior of the tankard.  It has been decorated with the shamrock design and 'Irish Porcelain - Made in Ireland' is impressed on the base along with a shamrock with the letter A.  In excellent condition.

Height: 14cm
Diameter: 7.7cm

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Sunday, 23 February 2014

Wild Rose or Roses G Dorothy Dessert Plate - Royal Doulton D6227



One of Doulton's loveliest designs, the D6227 pattern, Roses G or Wild Rose was introduced in 1940 and was produced for about 20 years. The handpainted pink and crimson roses on a blue background is stunning and timeless. This is a Dorothy Desert Plate and it's in very good condition. It is crazed as you might expect but the colours are beautifully strong and there are no chips or cracks.

20cm x 20cm
 
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Pair of Miniature Terracotta Owls



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Charming pair of owls in part-glazed terracotta. A few little smudges here and there, which may clean off with a bit of application, but otherwise OK.

65.5cm x 4cm x 4cm

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Friday, 21 February 2014

Souvenir Studio Pottery Stoneware Mug with Robin Hood Relief



Hand thrown stoneware goblet in green glaze with terracotta Robin Hood relief. Not sure of the age, I have only seen one other mug with a similar decoration and was no more informed! It is though in excellent condition.

11cm x 8.5cm diameter


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Souvenir Stein - Hilton Hotel Munich



0.5l capacity beer stein from the Hilton Hotel, Munich. Condition looks to be fairly new, no marks.

15cm x 14cm (H) x 10cm
 
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Thursday, 20 February 2014

Vintage Small Hand-thrown Stoneware Vase - Pilling Pottery



Small vintage hand-thrown stoneware vase with a wax resist glaze.  The vase is in new condition and still bears the sticker stating 'Pilling Pottery, Lancashire'.  We reckon that going by the telephone number given for the pottery this vase must be around 30 years old.  A lovely ornament.
Diameter of neck: 5cm
Diameter at it's widest: 8cm
Height: 12cm


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Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Vintage Set of Five Studio Pottery Conical Mugs - Patricia Higginbotham



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Lovely vintage set of 5 studio pottery conical mugs stamped with PH on the base.  3 of the mugs are more or less the same size but they all seem to differ in height and diameter which gives them a lovely eccentric feel. In lovely condition - and totally unique!
Heights and diameters:
2 are 8.5cm high x 9.5cm
1 is 9cm x 10cm
1 is 9cm x 9.5cm
1 is 7cm x 9cm

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Pair of Vintage Gaboon Ebony Candlesticks



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This is a pair of miniature turned Gaboon Ebony candlesticks. I have seen similar listed as Edwardian but I cannot age these and it is quite possible they are indeed antique although please be aware I cannot guarantee any accuracy with this assessment. They are very clean with no wax residue and apart from one or two very small cracks in the bases are in excellent condition.

13cm x 6cm each

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Monday, 17 February 2014

Small Brass Leaf Shaped Ashtray



Small brass ashtray in the shape of a vine leaf with a small bunch of grapes at one end. Two grooves for cigarettes and three feet. A little bit of polish residue around the detail, most of which I've managed to remove; the rest I am sure will come off with time. Otherwise it's in excellent condition.

10cm x 8.5cm
 
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Engraved Brass Bell



Brass bell nicely engraved with floral garlands. It still has the clapper and it has a lovely deep and loud ring to it that belies its modest size. The engraving, too, is a cut above the usual quality seen on imported brassware. Nice item.

8cm (h) x 6.5cm
 
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Large Double Handled Jug/Vase - Hillstonia



Large double handled wood effect jug from the Hillstonia range by Moira Pottery. It looks to be in excellent condition although with the rustic finish on this style of Hillstonia it's always difficult to judge!

20cm x 16cm across handle
 
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