English Collectibles and Curiosities

Antique map of Mississippi Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Pennsylvania ( Western part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Pennsylvania ( Eastern part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of New York ( Northern Part ) Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Antique map of Vermont and New Hampshire Published By A & C Black. 1903 Original colour Good condition Unframed. Free shipping

Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton. Publisher; Scala Books, London, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Great Collectors of Our Time" is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's "Great Private Collections," published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in Europe, North America and the Far East, and follows their tastes - whether in the Old Masters or the avant garde - from the 20th century into the 21st. In 1945, Paris was still the cultural capital of the world, but its culture was being increasingly challenged by America. American collecting was soon to pull up its European anchor and move across the Atlantic, in growing acceptance of America's own art, the decline in the domination of three European schools of art - Italian Renaissance, English 18th century and French 19th...

Sotheby's: Important English Furniture including the Horlick Collection, London 5th June 2007. First edition softcover with 256 on 303 pp. ...

Rare pair of Edwardian Period, sterling silver-mounted, threaded crystal match strikers, Birmingham, England, year-hallmarked for 1907, Robert Jones - maker. Each match striker measu...

Great map of Monmouthshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.

Great map of Huntingdonshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.

Great map of Buckinghamshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.

Great map of Warwickshire Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.

Great map of Middlesex Original colour By J & C Walker Published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. 1851 Unframed.

English (1920's) oversized wooden tennis racket wall plaque. (stamps: G & T LONDON/CHAMPION EXTRA LIGHT).

Sotheby's London; The Price Collection. London: Sotheby's, 2000. Soft cover. 260 pp. An auction catalogue of the property of the late Sir Henry Price that wa...

TWO VOLUMES each a FIRST EDITION, with the ORIGINAL RED CLOTH COVERS BOUND-IN With Forty-Six Illustrations by Harry Furniss. ** Contains a RARE LOOSE SHE...

Great map of Switzerland Copper-plate engraving by Barlow Published by Brightly & Kinnersly, Bungay, Suffolk. Dated 1807 Unframed.

Cordite buckets were used by the British navy to carry cordite, a propellant that was used to replace gunpowder. Because of their purpose, cordite buckets were built using specific m...

Mallet at Bourdon House, London March 9, 2007, Sotheby's. 1095 lots photographed in color and described. The sale follows Mallett’s review of the company’s future in the light of the...

Mallett catalog from 1997. Softcover catalog photographed in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of important furniture, porcelain etc. Always a great...

Mallett catalog from 2010. Softcover catalog in color with all the objects fully described. Typical Mallett catalog of great furniture, porcelain etc. Published after the closure of ...

I ME MINE (PUBLISHER'S COPIES) The Boxed Set, 2017 Cherished by fans and collectors, I ME MINE is the closest we will come to George Harrison's autobiography. This edition has been ...

Antique Scared Head Long Nose Golf Club. A long nose lofted club in great condition, maker unknown. The golf club has a blond beech-wood head with lead weight to the rear, traditional horn slip along the leading edge of the sole, head stamped 'The Eclipse...

English Delftware Pottery in the Robert Hall Warren Collection Ashmolean Museum Oxford by Anthony Ray. Boston: Boston Book and Art Shop, 1968. Stated first American edition hardcover...

London Interiors, from the Archives of Country Life by John Cornforth by John Cornforth. London: Aurum Press Limited. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 2000. 192 pp. A photographic archive of the past century by the magazine "Country Life" of houses as they were in the past. It covers artists in Holland Park studios...

Pair of catalogs of highly important English Silver, the Property of Mrs. Fay Plohn. Parts One and Two, by Sotheby's & Co. Includes two separate catalogs, parts 1 and 2. 1st Ed hardc...

The New Pewter Marks and Old Pewter Ware by Major C.A. Markham. Published by Reeves and Turner, London, 1928. 2nd Ed hardcover with protective mylar cover. Profusely illustrated with...

The Country House Remembered, Recollections of Life Between the Wars by Merlin Waterson. London: Rutledge & Kegan Paul. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1985. 256 pp. The bo...

This collection of English commemorative ware consists of a 1937 Edward VIII coronation tea set, two 1837 Edward VIII coronation plates, a 1937 Edward VIII coronation flute, and a 1939 plate commemorating George VI and Queen Elizabeth's trip to the United States and Canada. The Coronation tea set consists of a teapot, two cups, each with a saucer, a creamer and a coupe-shaped, open sugar bowl. The teapot, cups, creamer, and sugar bowl all feature Edward VIII's coronation portrait on the front and his seal on the back. The teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl are each circumscribed with gold trim and feature a delightful cracklature. Each piece is stamped "Made in England" and the teapot is also stamped "Lancasters LTD". The two conical-shaped teacups have handles which are decorated with a fine, royal blue line. The rim of each teacup, as well as their saucers, are also adorned with royal blue lines. Each piece is stamped "Made in England". The scalloped edged Edward VIII coronation plate offers a 24-karat gold trim and features Edward VIII's coronation portrait and seal, the back is stamped "L&Sons LTD". The second coronation plate is square with scalloped corners. In the center of the plate is a grisaille portrait...

Great map of Switzerland Original color. Good condition Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.  

Catalogue of Commodes by Lucy Wood. London: HMSO Publications, 1994. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 367 pp. An outstanding book of forty-three commodes in The Lady Lever A...

Great map of South Island, New Zealand Original color. Good condition / repair to a minor tear on right edge Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

Title: HIDCOTE THE GARDEN AND LAWRENCE JOHNSTON. Published by The National Trust, 2007. Hardcover with jacket. Often described as “the most beautiful garden in England,” Hidcote is...

Great map of China. Original color. Good condition. Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

Howard Walwyn Fine Antique Clocks Catalogue. London: Howard Walwyn, 2013. First edition soft cover. 56 pp. A catalogue published for the opening of Howard Walwyn's Kensington Church Street premises. The opening exhibition happened to coincide with the 300 anniversary of the death of Thomas Tompion...

Continental Terracotta Plaque, Early 19th Century The large painted plaque depicts a view of the left side torso of a Continental Nobleman wearing the British Order of the Garter...

Theatre Interest a photograph album circa 1880 of 150 mainly Woodburytype photographs of actors and actresses. Mostly annotated, many in an early hand, including Miss Ellen Terry, M...

A charming and rare antique English, probably Yorkshire, pearlware pottery miniature cottage moneybox dating from the early 19th century. The small cottage stands raised on a stepped...

PRESENTING an EXTREMELY UNIQUE and RARE 19C British Tunbridgeware Hair Pin/Bobbin or Slide. This slide is unlike any of it’s kind we have seen before, it is a VERY RARE survivor. From circa 1860 – 80 and made in Tunbridge Wells, England. Made of walnut with gorgeous marquetry inlay on the entirety of the front with classic Tunbridgeware micro-mosaic all over the front. The rear is walnut. The marquetry inlay appears to be various different woods, namely, maple, walnut and satinwood. Would have been worn in a Lady’s hair bun with the micro-mosaic facing forward. This would have belonged to a VERY ELEGANT LADY in the mid to late 19th Century. Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion. There is a collection of Tunbridge ware in the Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery in Tunbridge Wells. The famous makers of Tunbridge ware were in the Tunbridge Wells area of Kent; their most notable work was from circa 1830-1900. Early makers of Tunbridge ware, in Tunbridge Wells in the mid-18th century, were the Burrows family, and Fenner and Co. In the 19th century, around 1830, James Burrows invented a technique of creating mosaics from wooden tesserae. Henry Hollamby, apprenticed to the Burrows family, set up on his own in 1842 and became an important manufacturer of Tunbridge ware, employing about 40 people. Edmund Nye (1797–1863) and his father took over the Fenner company when William Fenner retired in 1840, after 30 years in partnership with him. Thomas Barton (1819–1903), previously apprenticed at the Wise factory, joined the Nyes in 1836, and worked as Nye’s designer; he took over the business in 1863 and continued there until his death. In Tonbridge (near to Tunbridge Wells), George Wise (1703–1779) is known to have had a business in 1746. It continued with his son Thomas, and Thomas’s nephew George (1779–1869), who took over in 1806. In its early years the company made articles such as workboxes and tea caddies with prints of popular views; later items had pictures created from mosaics. Their workshop in Tonbridge, Wise’s Tunbridge Ware Manufactory, was next to the Big Bridge over the Medway; the building was demolished in 1886 to widen the approach to the bridge. Tunbridge ware became popular with visitors to the spa town of Tunbridge Wells, who bought them as souvenirs and gifts. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the Great Exhibition of 1851, Tunbridge ware by Edmund Nye, Robert Russell and Henry Hollamby was shown; Edmund Nye received a commendation from the judges for his work. He exhibited a table depicting a mosaic of a ship at sea; 110,800 tesserae were used in making the picture. The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927. Marquetry was an old technique which was continued by Nye and Barton to create images such as birds or butterflies. ‘Green Oak’ as caused by the fungus Chlorociboria aeruginascens. Stickware and half-square mosaic was invented by James Burrows in about 1830: a bunch of wooden sticks of different colours, each having triangular or diamond-shaped cross section, were tightly glued together; in the case of stickware, the resulting block was dried, then turned to form an article such as the base of a pincushion. For half-square mosaic, thin slices were taken from the composite block, and applied to a surface. Tesselated mosaic, was a development by James Burrows of half-square mosaic; it was adopted by George Wise and Edmund Nye. Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use. Only natural colors were used; green was provided by “green oak”, produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. Designs for articles were often taken from designs of Berlin wool work.

The Souls by Jane Abdy and Charlotte Gere. Published by Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, London, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This book offers profiles of the turn-of-the-century ...

This is an antique engine bearing with graphite finish. An English, cast iron and bronze desk ornament or paperweight, and dating to the Victorian perio...

Gouthire's Candelabras by Charlotte Vignon and Edmund De Waal. 1st Ed hardcover, no dust jacket as published. Published by D Giles Ltd, London, 2019. Pi...

Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain 1783-1840 by Henry Sandon. Woodbridge: The Antique Collectors' Club, 1992. Hardcover and dust jacket with glassine ...

Great map of North Island, New Zealand Original color. Good condition / minor foxing to right edge Published by Alexander Gross Unframed.

A rare and unusual antique Late Georgian or Regency gilt bronze travelling candle stick with match holder/striker and with a snuffer dating from ...

Thomas Bewick: Graphic Worlds by Nigel Tattersfield. British Museum Press, 2014. 1st Ed paperback. Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) was the foremost wood engrav...

Sotheby's: A Magnificent Roman Baroque cabinet by Giacomo Herman. December 4th 2007. Softcover auction catalogue. 230pp. with 281 lots and results. NPT Books, a division of N.P. Tr...

A large and impressive Poole Pottery limited edition twin handled loving mug commemorating the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977 by renowned potter Guy Sydenham (British, 1916-2005). Guy Sydenham joined Poole Pottery in 1931 and completed a seven year apprenticeship. He was a master potter for more than 50 years and was renowned for the original work he created in the Poole Pottery Studio in the 1960’s and 1970’s. He worked as head of the ‘making department’ at Poole Pottery resigning in 1977 possibly making this commemorative one his last important works. This stylish twin handled stoneware mug (as it was called!) stands raised on a wide round base the rim carved with the words THE QUEENS SILVER JUBILEE 1952 – 1977. The piece has a narrow stem and a wide round cup shaped top with finely formed and elegant handles applied to either side. The is mounted with a relief molded medallion with a Lion, Unicorn and Crown and initials E II R. The medallion has a contrasting brown stained finish with a brown wash also applied to the edge of the foot. The body has a slightly textured satin brown glazed finish with a rich dark honey glaze...

Iron and Brass Implements of the English and American House by J. Seymour Lindsay. Published by London : Alec Tiranti, 1964. 1st Ed thus hardcover with dust jacket. The illustrated s...

A scarce Odd Fellow or Mason themed Pearlware plate, from the Staffordshire region of England, attributed to Sunderland Potteries, circa 1820 – 1830. One of a pair, this is plate A....

A charming and rare early 19th Century Regency Period mahogany tea caddy, in the form of a miniature pedestal sideboard, having extremely well figured, crossbanded hinged top, over d...

St. Mungo Bramble Golf Ball. A very nice bramble pattern golf ball with original paint which remains bright and with minimal paint loss. The gutta percha covered, rubber core, golf b...

Guide to The Victoria and Albert Museum. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1910. Moroccan leather and green cloth hardcover with gilt lettering and no dust jacket as issued. 62 pp. An antique guide to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, England. The guide includes the museum's hours, a list of rooms and galleries. Departments include Architecture and Sculpture, Ceramics, Glass, and Enamels, Engraving, Illustration, and Design, Library and Book Production, Metal Work, Paintings, Textiles, Woodwork, Furniture, and Leather. With 30+ illustrations in black and white with four fold-out floor plan maps in color. The binding is labeled and by Jas. Truscott & Sons, Book Binders...

Early 20th century pair of lawn bowls in original case, English. Lignum vitae bowls in leather travel case with expected wear. Marked "MM" & "B". Case: 10.5" w., 7.5" h., 5 3/8" d. ...

Sotheby's London; The Estate of Christian, Lady Hesketh. London: Sotheby's, 2007. Softcover. 278 pp. Christian Mary McEwen, Dowager Lady Hesketh, was a British politician, journalist...

The English House Through Seven Traces by Olive Cook. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1968. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. A history of English d...

Two late Regency collectors - Philip John Miles and George Byng 1814-1845 Thursday 9 June 2005. Softcover auction catalog. A great look at the interiors of great houses in the Regenc...

Sotheby's: Fine Furniture and Carpets Including Property from Newton Surmaville London 3/5/08. First Edition softcover with 367 lots all pictured in color and fully described. Newton...