This is a large, 19th Century pill or trinket box, made of porcelain in a pearl lustre glaze with a signed Kauffman transfer & brass fittings, and almost certainly of European manufacture.
The box is circular in form and has a hinged lid, with the hinge, mounts, ...click for details
This is a figural porcelain match holder / striker, in the form of a top hat, & almost certainly made in Europe during the late 19th Century, around 1880 - 90.
The 'hat' has been made with an applied 'rim', as opposed to a one piece construction ...click for details
This is a glazed ceramic 'ball stand' match holder / striker, probably of British origin, & dating to the early part of the 20th Century.
The stand is spherical in form, with a well in the top to hold the matches, & an impressed vertical panel on one side, which is ribbed so to act as a striking panel. ...click for details
This is a Murano Sommerso handmade studio vase, by the Italian art glass company Silvestri.
The vase, baluster in form, has been hand blown from an opaque, opaline glass, & then cased in a clear glass with dark blue glass inclusions, which are concentrated around ...click for details
This is an Arthur Wood (Royal Bradwell) lustre jug or pitcher, fully back stamped, & dating to 1945 - 53.
The jug has a scalloped body, a pedestal base with moulded 'kite' shaped detailing, & an angular handle in the form of bound reeds ?. ...click for details
This is a decorative porcelain bowl, made by Paragon China to commemorate the opening of the Scottish Empire Exhibition in May 1938 by King George VI & Queen Elizabeth.
The bowl has a pedestal base, & is decorated with a gilt band to the exterior & a gild ...click for details
This is a decorative porcelain plate or dish, made by Paragon China to commemorate the coronation of King Edward VIII at Westminster Abbey on the 12th May 1937 (Which, of course, never happened as Edward abdicated in December 1936, in order to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson).
