Found in a treasure trove of mainly 19thC ephemera (99.9% genuine) bought in 2017, this has languished in a file for the last 4 years. I don't...
Sometimes when you start to research autographs you unearth a tragedy. From an autograph book covering the period 1910-1922 Seymour Hicks later...
This small painting is painted on a rectangular thin plaque that appears to be coated with white enamel, coolish to touch. It has a horizontal...
Cancelled.
Just bought a load of negatives covering 1938-60, including WWII images. But dreading the tedious digitisation of images to work out which ones...
Porcelain, semi translucent. 5 1/4" tall, soot marks internally. Was it a lamp chimney, or used to warm something, or vaporise? Or something else....
We bought several porcelain lots at auction recently. Most were Royal Worcester pieces, most were damaged, many I had never seen before. Some are...
We bought this in a lot of porcelain. To be fair this was the main reason we bought the lot, but the porcelain has some interesting bits as well....
Polychrome Chinoiserie plate, looks to be porcelain. British? 8 1/2" diameter, pronounced foot, outline transfer print with extensive hand...
[IMG] On a chain mesh purse, similar marks to the two rings that draw the chain neck [IMG]
Fascinating little dish, thickly potted. I'm thinking maybe German c 1900? Ears and one foot seem to have suffered kiln overfiring? It doesn't...
This 30s attache case is made of card with imitation leather finish. Nothing special except it has a uk patent to one side of handle which...
Looks to have been a slap-up dinner at the Midland Hotel (Manchester I think) on 16th December 1919. I think one is Nathan Laski [IMG] [IMG]
Spent several fruitless hours trying to work out who made this, or even which country it is from. Large bowl, 14" rim diameter, mottled glass...
Just bought a part tea set (mid 19thC?) the main image is of Jack the Sailor, but there are also two other images, one of a younger (?) boy...
In April 2017 my wife bought an auction lot of ephemera that has proved a constant delight to research. It comprised c3,000 items ranging from the...
There are 9 sides of musical notation, apparently handwritten, found in the ephemera auction lot bought last year. I'll post more photos if anyone...
Mrs Alford is almost certainly Frances (fanny) the wife of Henry Alford, Dean of Canterbury but was vicar of Wymeswold in 1835. Grateful for any...
We have a box full of old porcelain and pottery that we cannot conclusively identify (some have been shown on here) but which look interesting....
Silver plate spoon, Avignon souvenir, stamped Metal blanc and 12 with a curious insect bug to top of handle and leaf and twig moulding I'd be...
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