Hardy Fishing
Trout Fly Fishing Reel, Hardy Perfect
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Trout Fly Fishing Reel, Hardy Perfect 3 1/8".
A good Hardy Perfect Trout fly reel with ivorine
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Hardy Silex Multiplyer, Trout Fly Fishing Reel
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Salmon fishing reel, The Super Silex Multiplier.
This is a very rare reel in good working
Category
Vintage 1930s British Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Telescopic Hardy Salmon Fishing Gaff
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Telescopic Brass Hardy Bros. Salmon Fishing Gaff.
A very nice three piece telescopic fishing gaff
Category
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass, Steel
Vintage Hardy Perfect Trout Fly Fishing Reel 3 3/8
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect Trout fly fishing reel,
A good Hardy Perfect trout fly reel with ebonite handle
Category
Vintage 1970s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Antique Fishing, Robertson Lock Joint Tool
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
tighten the lock fast joints on split cane fishing rods. Hardy Bros. of Alnwick are famed for their lock
Category
Early 20th Century Scottish Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Tropical Light The Art of A. E. Backus Book by Natasha Kuzmanovic
Located in New York, NY
certain set of affluent Floridians. Defining his own artistic roots as “part Cracker [a hardy, early
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
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Portrait of a Girl with a Puppy - Scottish Edwardian art portrait oil painting
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Located in Northampton, GB
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10 ft+ Tall French Pair of Glass Paneled Wood Doors from the Early 20th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a pair of over-sized French doors from the early 20th century. These antique French doors are substantial, standing at a height of more than 10 feet! Each door has 18 glass p...
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Early 20th Century French Doors and Gates
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Wood, Glass
H 131.5 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Antique Court Cupboard, Edwardian Elizabethan Taste, circa 1910
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A handsome antique court cupboard crafted during the Edwardian period in the Elizabethan taste. English, oak and dating to circa 1910.
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Early 20th Century Great Britain (UK) Elizabethan Cupboards
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Vintage 1920s Black Japanned Dry Fly Fishing Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage black Japanned dry fly fishing box.
A black japanned tin fly box with cream interior and four compartments with transparent celluloid lids so that the flies inside may be se...
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Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
Antique Late Victorian Marquetry Corner Cabinet 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a fabulous antique English Edwardian profusely inlaid corner cabinet, circa 1880 in date.
The cabinet is made of rich mahogany and has satinwood inlay with garlands, swags, ...
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Antique 1880s British Victorian Cabinets
Materials
Mahogany
Combination Board Game of Marble Solitaire and Tiddlywinks, circa 1925
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a complete combination board game of marble solitaire and tiddlywinks, dating to the early 20th century.
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Early 20th Century English Folk Art Games
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H 1.5 in Dm 14.44 in
Pair of 19th Century Staffordshire Scottish Highlander Hunters
By Staffordshire
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome pair of 19th century equestrian Staffordshire porcelain Scottish Highlander hunters on horseback. Each bearded gentleman is depicted seated on his horse and one with a succe...
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Antique 19th Century English Edwardian Figurative Sculptures
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Porcelain
Usa Mid-Century Rattan Sofa by Levi for McGuire Company San Francisco, 1970s
By McGuire
Located in MIlano, IT
Usa mid-century Rattan Sofa by Levi for McGuire Company San Francisco, 1970s
Three seater sofa with rectangular seat. The structure is in green rattan woven with white leather laces....
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H 28.75 in W 80.71 in D 34.26 in
Pair of Small Mid-19th Century European Oil Paintings on Panel
Located in Hudson, NY
These bucolic scenes of rural living and farm life probably come from German or Austrian painters and are most likely meant to be a pair, circa 1850-1860. The works are very detailed...
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Vintage Toy, Wind Up Boy on Tricycle, Made in Germany, 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
This wind up boy on tricycle is a vintage mechanical toy.
Vintage wind up mechanical toy representing a boy riding his tricycle.
Made in Germany in 1930s. Made in lithographed ...
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Early 20th Century German Toys
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19th C. Anglo-Indian Hand Carved 4-Section Tea Caddy Inset W/ Tin Manganese Tile
Located in Atlanta, GA
Anglo Indian, early 19th century.
A highly unusual Antique hand carved 4-section tea caddy. The box which features a carved ribbon edge hinged lid, which opens to reveal four indivi...
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Antique 19th Century British Anglo-Indian Snuff Boxes and Tobacco Boxes
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Brass
H 7.875 in W 12.875 in D 12.875 in
Early 19th Century sporting dog oil painting of a setter in a landscape
By Francis Calcraft Turner
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
Francis Calcraft Turner
British, (c. 1782-1846)
Standing Proud
Oil on canvas, signed
Image size: 19.5 inches x 23.5 inches
Size including frame: 25 inches x 29 inches
A well-execu...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
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Oil, Canvas
Early 20th Century Inlaid Mahogany Edwardian Occasional Table
Located in London, GB
This is a pretty antique Edwardian occasional table, circa 1900 in date.
The table is exquisitely crafted in mahogany, features satinwood and boxwood line inlaid decoration througho...
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Antique Early 1900s English Edwardian Side Tables
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Hardy Fishing Rod, "The Wye"
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy 'The Wye' Palakona salmon fishing rod.
A fine double-handed salmon fly fishing rod by Hardy
Category
Vintage 1950s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy's Fishing Tackle Wallet in Leather with Fly Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy's fishing tackle wallet.
A great leather pigskin fishing tackle wallet the 'Allinone' made
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Vintage 1920s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Hardy Fishing Rod, "C.C. de France"
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Fly fishing rod, the 'C.C. de France'.
The Hardy 'C.C. de France' is a split cane
Category
Vintage 1930s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
Mahogany Salmon Fishing Fly Box, Hardy's Fishing Tackle
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Wooden fly box, Hardy Bros.
A very nice mahogany fly box with five compartments full of dressed
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Vintage 1930s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Mahogany
Hardy Fishing Reel 'The 'Silex Major' Hardy's of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Bros Ltd, Alnwick, England.' with 'The 'Silex Major' and the registered No.2206. 21131 & 4163. One
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Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Hardy Perfect Trout Fishing Reel
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy perfect trout fly fishing reel.
This mark 2 Hardy Perfect 3, 1/8 inch diameter trout reel is
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage 4 1/2" Hardy 'Silex' No. 2 Fishing Reel
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good Hardy 4 1/2 inch fishing reel ' THE 'SILEX' No. 2'. This reel has two horn type handles made
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Vintage 1910s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy's Anglers' Guides catalogue entry for the rod.
One of the most famous fishing tackle manufactures
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Vintage 1920s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
19th Century Victorian Fishing Tackle Leather Trunk, Hardy Brothers, c.1890
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique late 19th century Victorian leather tackle trunk by Hardy Brothers, although starting out
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Antique 19th Century British Victorian Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Leather, Wood
H 9.45 in W 19.69 in D 13.78 in
Hardy Perfect Salmon Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect Salmon Fishing Reel, 1912
This Hardy Perfect salmon reel is with smooth brass
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Vintage 1910s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy "Perfect" Salmon Fly Fishing Reel, Hardy Bros, Alnwick England
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect 3 ¾' salmon fly fishing reel.
A good Hardy Perfect salmon fly reel with ebonite
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Vintage 1930s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Hardy Perfect Trout Fly Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good Hardy Perfect trout fly reel with ebonite handle, alloy foot, white agate line guide and rim
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Late 20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy Bros Ltd, Fishing Rod Display Case
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Hardy Bros Ltd, fishing rod display case
Rare piece indeed, it is a fishing rod display case
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Antique Early 1900s Victorian Cabinets
Vintage Hardy Hollolight Hollokona Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy trout fly fishing rod, 'The Hollolight'.
A fine 9ft, 3 piece split cane fly fishing
Category
Vintage 1960s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Cane
St George Fly Fishing Reel by Hardy Bros
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St George fly fishing reel by Hardy Bros.
This is a Hardy 'Saint George' alloy trout fly reel, it
Category
Vintage 1950s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Very Large Hardy Bros Ltd, Fishing Tackle Display Case
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Very large Hardy Bros Ltd, fishing tackle display case.
Rare piece indeed, it is a large
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Antique Early 1900s Industrial Vitrines
Hardy Perfect 3 1/8 Trout Fly Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy perfect 3 1/8 Trout fly fishing reel.
A good Hardy perfect Trout fly reel with bakelite
Category
Vintage 1940s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Hardy Perfect 2 7/8 Trout Fly Fishing Reel, Mark 2 Check
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect 2 7/8 Trout fly fishing reel, mark 2 check.
A good Hardy Perfect Trout fly reel with
Category
Vintage 1940s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Vintage Hardy Fly Fishing Rod, the 'Halford Knockabout', circa 1960, Split Cane
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
The Hardy 'Halford Knockabout' is a split cane Palakona 2-piece rod made by Hardy's of Alnwick. The
Category
Vintage 1960s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
H 112.01 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Vintage Hardy Trout Fly Fishing Rod, the 'C.C. de France' Split Cane, Palakona
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
are snake rings.
Hardy's say about the rod:
Hardy CC de France Fishing Rods
A very light rod
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
H 108.08 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Vintage Fishing Reel, Pryce-Tannatt's Personal Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pryce-Tannatt's personal fishing reel. This is a Hardy St. George alloy trout fly reel, it has a
Category
Vintage 1930s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Leather Fishing Case
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage fishing tackle case.
An exceptional leather fishing tackle case with the interior lined in
Category
Antique 1890s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Leather
Hardy Bros. Tennis Racket
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A rare split bamboo tennis racket by Hardy Bros. of Alnwick - the famous fishing tackle
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Vintage Hardy Salmon Landing Net
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Good salmon fishing landing net made by Hardy's of Alnwick. The triangular shaped net has wooden
Category
20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy 'Phantom' Split Cane Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy fly fishing rod, the 'Phantom'.
The Hardy 'Phantom' is a split cane Palakona 2-piece
Category
Vintage 1960s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
Printers Tray with Fishing Display
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Shooting and fishing display.
An interesting display of fishing and shooting ephemera in an old
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Wood
Salmon Fishing Reel by Foster
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Salmon fly fishing reel by Foster of Ashbourne. This is a 'Hardy Perfect' type salmon reel made
Category
Vintage 1930s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
“A Venetian View with Sailboats” by Thomas Bush Hardy
Located in Sheffield, MA
Thomas Bush Hardy
British, 1842-1897
“A Venetian View with Sailboats”
Category
Antique 19th Century English Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
20thC English Angling Shop Display Cabinet, Hardy Brothers c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
wooden stand. A small counter top display cabinet is later sign written for the famous Hardy Brothers
Category
20th Century English Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
David Rockefeller Family Fly Fishing "Reel and Fly" Collection & Seamen's Chest
Located in South Burlington, VT
David Rockefeller signed family trout and salmon fly fishing "Reel and Fly"
collection.
Provenance
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Late 20th Century American Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Metal
Vintage Three-Piece Hardy Trout Fly Rod, The 'C.C. de France'.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
about the rod:
Hardy CC de France Fishing Rods
A very light rod of great power, similar to rods used
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Vintage 1950s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
Vintage Fishing Book, How to Tie Salmon Flies by Captain Hale
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
amongst the text and four pages of adverts to the rear. The adverts are for fishing tackle manufacturers
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Antique 1890s British Sporting Art Books
Vintage Hardy Fishing Rod, Mitre, Hardy, The Invicta Sea Trout Fly Fishing Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good Mitre - Hardy 'Invicta' Sea trout fly fishing rod, 10ft, 3-piece with clear agate line butt
Category
Vintage 1960s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Cane
H 119.89 in W 0.04 in D 0.04 in
Hardy Fishing Rod, Palakona No.1 L.R.H Spinning Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy 'L.R.H. Spinning Rod'.
A very good double-handed Hardy No.1 L.R.H Palakona split cane
Category
Vintage 1940s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Cane
Hardy Neroda Fishing Fly Box
By Hardy Bros.
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Neroda fishing fly box.
A good Neroda wet or dry fly box made from bakelite with a
Category
Early 20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy Neroda Fishing Cast Box
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Neroda fly fishing cast box.
A round original Hardy Neroda fishing cast box made from
Category
Vintage 1930s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Mr. Pryce-Tannatt's Personal Fishing Reel, Trout Fishing Reel, Hardy St. George
By Hardy Brothers of Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Pryce-Tannatt's personal fishing reel. This is a Hardy St. George alloy trout fly reel, it has a
Category
Mid-20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Vintage Hardy Hardex Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Hardex fishing reel.
A great fixed spool fishing reel by Hardy of Alnwick, England. The reel
Category
Vintage 1950s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Hardy Neroda Fly Fishing Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
A good Hardy Neroda fly box made from Bakelite with a tortoiseshell finish, for some reason this
Category
20th Century British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy's 5' Stewart Fishing Spinner, Spoon, Big Game Fishing
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy 'Stewart' spoon.
The Hardy 'Stewart' spoon is for big game fish and is fitted with twin
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Hardy Neroda Trout Fishing Fly Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Bros. Neroda fishing fly box
A good Neroda fly box made from bakelite with a brown
Category
Vintage 1920s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Hardy Neroda Fishing Fly Box
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
by Hardy's of Alnwick. The flies are hooked over the chenille covered bars and cannot drop out or
Category
Antique 1620s British Sporting Art More Furniture and Collectibles
Materials
Bakelite
Fishing Rod, Hardy "Keith Rollo" Fly Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Split Cane 'Palakona' Fly Fishing Rod.
The Hardy 'Keith Rollo' rod is a split cane
Category
Vintage 1940s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
Hardy Split Cane Trout Fly Fishing Rod 'The Hardy Fly' Palakona
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage hardy fly fishing rod, The 'Hardy Fly'.
A fine 11ft 9 inch, 3-piece split cane fly fishing
Category
Antique 1890s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Cane
Vintage Hardy Perfect Salmon Fly Fishing Reel
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy Perfect 4' Fly Fishing Reel.
A good Hardy Perfect Salmon fly reel with ebonite handle, ribbed
Category
Vintage 1930s English Sporting Art Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Aluminum
Hardy Trout Fly Fishing Rod, Palakona, John James Hardy No.2
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy 9'9" split cane 'Palakona' fly fishing rod.
The Hardy 'J J H' rod is a split cane
Category
Vintage 1920s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo, Cane
Hardy Palakona Split Cane Trout Fly Fishing Rod, Hardy Bros, Alnwick
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Palakona trout fly fishing rod.
The Hardy 'Palakona' is a fine split cane 2-piece
Category
Vintage 1910s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Cane
Vintage Hardy Neroda Fly Fishing Box with Flies
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Hardy Neroda fishing fly box
A good Neroda wet or dry fly box made from bakelite with a
Category
Early 20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Small Hardy Neroda Trout Fishing Fly Box With Flies
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage small Hardy Bros. NerodafFfishing fly box
A good Neroda fly box made from bakelite with a
Category
Vintage 1940s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Vintage Marquis ⧣ 7 Aluminium Fly Fishing Reel by Hardy Brothers
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Vintage Marquis # 7 aluminium Fly Fishing Reel by Hardy Brothers
A genuine vintage piece
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Early 20th Century British Colonial Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Vintage Hardy Neroda Fly Fishing Trout Fly Box in Baklite
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Vintage Small Hardy Bros. Neroda Trout Fly Box.
A good Neroda fly box made from bakelite with a
Category
Vintage 1940s English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bakelite
Hardy 'De Luxe' Split Cane Palakona Fly Rod
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
Hardy "The De-luxe" Palakona Fishing Rod.
A beautifully 3 piece 8' split cane fly fishing rod by
Category
Vintage 1930s British Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Bamboo
20thC English Angling Shop Display Cabinet, Hardy Brothers, c.1910
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
wooden stand. A small counter top display cabinet is later sign written for the famous Hardy Brothers
Category
20th Century English Cabinets
Materials
Glass, Mahogany
Hardy All Brass Fishing Reel
Located in Stratford upon Avon, GB
Hardy All brass fishing reel.
Category
Early 20th Century English Sports Equipment and Memorabilia
Materials
Brass
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Hardy Fishing For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic hardy fishing available at 1stDibs. Each hardy fishing for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, bakelite and plastic. There are many kinds of the hardy fishing you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. When you’re browsing for the right hardy fishing, those designed in Industrial and Victorian styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one hardy fishing that is appealing in its simplicity, but Hardy Brothers of Alnwick and Hardy Bros. produced versions that are worth a look.
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