Lead Historical Memorabilia

A collection of tool from the family of master craftsmen the Hedley's Ralph the father founded the business in 1869, he was the well-known painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy for 30 years. They where situated in Newcastle and obviously done work around the city such as carved fittings for St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle ; All Saints’ Church, Gosforth ; St. Chad’s Church, Bensham ; St. Oswald’s, West Hartlepool and many other places throughout the country. Among the more notable work carried out may be mentioned the magnificent carved oak pulpits...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely rare boxed original souvenir of HM The Queen Elizabeth II on her coronation in 1953 The toy or mo...

Rare and unusual piece of WW2 memorabilia. This is a large piece stone from the London Houses of Parliament which were bombed by German enemy air rai...

This quirky set has eight pieces, some of them have labels on which dates and French words are visible but hard to read. Dates vary: 1878, 1894, 1901 and 1902. The oldest cables consist of copper wires (seven) covered with coats of gutta-percha (an Indonesian rubber-like material) wound with tarred hemp over which a sheath of iron wires was laid in spiral. The 'younger' cables consist of multiple covered copper wires and the 'youngest' 1902 one has multiple copper wires wrapped in cotton, captured in a thick lead pipe. Needless to say these little pieces are heavy, imagine the original cable, being miles and miles on the bottom of the sea. The first telegraph cable...

Frank Lloyd Wright designed window from the Bradley house in Kankakee, Illinois, 1900. The Bradley house is the first completed Prairie School residence designed by Wright. The home ...