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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 View here for further information.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!