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Category Archives: collecting
On Lustreware Teapots
This is a piece called ‘English Silver Lustreware Teapots’ of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, I wrote it for another blog but thought Decor Extremus readers might also like it. Lusterware is one of those materials desirable for its ability to … Continue reading
Shine on Hester Bateman
Because I’m lucky enough to have birthday and Christmas close but not so close that the presents are combined, I have recently been on the receiving end of a few small silvery items gifted by thoughtful friends. Together they tell … Continue reading
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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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
Posted in art, auction finds etc., collecting
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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
Posted in auction finds etc., collecting
Tagged auctions, candelabra, candelabrum, silver
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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
Posted in art, auction finds etc., collecting
Tagged auction, frank holl, reginald jones, sickert
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Third lustreous time around
I’ve been fascinated by recent television programmes around antiques on which dealers say of an item ‘they used to get hundreds of pounds, but now you can expect to get about thirty.’ I think of copper bed warming pans and … Continue reading
Posted in collecting, original surfaces
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