This is an early Edwardian, Scottish Mauchline Ware box & fitted compass in the Transfer Ware finish, featuring BEACHY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE, and dating to around 1902.
The two piece box is made from copal varnished sycamore & is circular in form, with an extended ...click for details
This is a Victorian, Scottish Mauchline Ware 'Birthday Book' in the Black Lacquer Ware finish, printed by Alexander Gardner of Paisley, Scotland, and dating to 1885.
The book has sycamore boards, the rear finished in copal varnish, & the front in the Blac ...click for details
This is a Victorian Scottish Mauchline Ware perfume bottle case & bottle, in the Transfer Ware finish & featuring ALEXANDRA PALACE, and dating to around 1875 - 80.
The holder is cylindrical in form, & is made from copal varnished sycamore. ...click for details
This is an extremely fine Straw-Work box or case, made by Napoleonic French Prisoners of War, & dating to circa 1800.
Straw-Work gained popularity in the UK during the late 18th / 19th century, after it was brought to the attention of the wider British public by ...click for details
This is an early Straw-Work matchsafe or Vesta case, almost certainly of French manufacture, & made during the reign of Napoleon III, around 1850 - 60.
Straw-Work gained popularity in the UK during the 19th Century, after it was brought to the attention of the wi ...click for details
