This interesting unsigned watercolour was an exciting recent purchase from a local estate. Exciting, because my imagination ran wild… I could see: Colonial period ships. Rather dark people standing up in a ‘canoe’… The tree so prominently featured looks just like a large Eucalypt specimen, as depicted by early colonial artists. On the left are a…
Watercolour of Bristol shipping on the Avon, titled to the back “St Vincent’s Peak – from Nightingale Valley, 1823”, showing several ships making their way up the gorge, with figures on the towpath to the left, more on the flats to the right, and several dinghies on the water towing the ships, on a distant…
Regency mahogany dining table in two parts, the twin pedestal bases with four reeded splayed legs & brass cup castors, with extra insert leaf. Circa 1800 Good usable condition with nice patination, some minor marks etc. from use.
Well-made Australian timbers document box, the front & back panels solid fiddleback blackwood, the sides alternating huon & cedar, the top inlayed with an intricate geometric pattern in the same timbers. Earlier 20th century. 30×17.5cm, 16cm high Good condition with minor signs of age.
Sterling Silver mounted button hook, hallmarked for Chester 1908 19.5cm signs of age with some dimpling
Sterling Silver mounted glove button hook, hallmarked for Birmingham 1906 7.5cm good condition
Silver plate cruet set, with cut crystal pepper, salt, vinegar bottle, & open mustard. Circa 1915 fair, signs of age with minor corrosion to silver, glass is good. 12x13cm, 15.5cm high
Victorian knife & fork, the handles Sterling Silver (Sheffield 1861) with engraved steel blades ‘close-plated’ with silver. Handles bearing a heraldic crest – Eagle rising with ‘SPERO’ (Hope) – for Chalmers of Aldbar Castle, Forfar, Scotland knife 21cm some wear & signs of age. The 16th century castle Aldbar, extensively ‘improved’ by the Chalmers family…
Victorian knife & fork, the handles Sterling Silver (Sheffield 1861) with engraved steel blades ‘close-plated’ with silver. Handles bearing a heraldic crest – Eagle rising with ‘SPERO’ (Hope) – for Chalmers of Aldbar Castle, Forfar, Scotland knife 21cm some wear & signs of age. The 16th century castle Aldbar, extensively ‘improved’ by the Chalmers family…
