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the wedding march
Just the other day I was in a fret about the ultimate fate of all the neglected glass and crystal in the world. I was worried enough to take this photo of small, essentially useless, sherry glasses collected on a … Continue reading
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The great silver rush of May 2013
Recently we spotted a little silver tray – three legs and in good solid plate with a little copper showing through – but otherwise unmarked. It was lot 2 in the local sale so it didn’t take long to acquire. … Continue reading
Posted in auction finds etc., collecting, original surfaces, Uncategorized
Tagged sheffield plate, slver trays, trays
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The House in Good Taste.
I discovered the book almost by accident. Stooping to look through a box of indifferent books at the local auction mart I came across its very strange cover. Elsie de Wolfe’s The House in Good Taste, has an almost defiant … Continue reading
William IV – the overlooked.
Despite this blog’s subtitle, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Peter Wells decorate an Edwardian house, there doesn’t seem to be too much going on around here that’s Edwardian – well not recently. Things seem to have settled into a period around 70 years … Continue reading
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Candle Power
Readers of this blog might well be lead to the conclusion that there is something bargain-led about the décor selections here – particularly as buying things cheap at auction is a reoccurring theme. However although we might be a little … Continue reading
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Tagged auctions, candelabra, candelabrum, silver
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A night in the Garden room
This is a small space created from what was once the washhouse. In the tradition of that room it is not connected to the main house except by the back verandah. The old concrete-floored washhouse was built on the ground … Continue reading
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Setting a handsome table
Setting the table for lunch or dinner, especially when there are guests involved, should be a pleasure. It’s an opportunity to match the type of food being served to the occasion in which it will be eaten. This is where … Continue reading
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Two new Victorians with no place to go
I aquired this painting some time back, unframed, glued to a backing board and in a not entirely happy state. It is by Frank Holl, one of those romantic English painters who died early and is not well remembered – … Continue reading
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Tagged auction, frank holl, reginald jones, sickert
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only walking through
Sometimes I worry that we don’t use the big studio room in our house enough. It was, in fact, the reason we bought this house – against all reason. Well, Douglas says I forced him to buy this house. And … Continue reading
Posted in colour, original surfaces
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Decor Extremus: 