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	Leather Spined Ledger, Horse Training Accounts B8* Original quality, 1920's, ledger, with buff coloured leather spine and corners and good marbling to the front and back inside covers and to the page edges. This ledger has been fully used with horse training account entries from 1926 to 1934. The leather label is missing from the spine and overall the covers have a few minor scuffs, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 13" x 8.5" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £68.00


The Story of Hungerford, several available B2 Original quality hard bound copy of 'The Story of Hungerford in Berkshire' by W.H.Summers and edited by Harold Peake M.A., F.S.A.. Published in 1926. 167 pages of text, complete and in good order. One of the two published authorities on Hungerford. 7.75" x 5.5" x 0.75". Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £58.00


	Pair of Gent's Leather Boots & Trees B1* Pair of original quality, 1920's, gent's small sized leather lace up boots with the original polished beech three piece shoe trees with brass ring pull handles. Both the boots and the trees are marked for the maker/retailer 'Maxwell 8 Dover Street London'. All is in super condition and these, I believe, could still be worn. 11" long x 3.5" wide and 7.5" tall. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


Pair of Wesleyan Sunday School Plates P15* Pair of original quality, late 19th century plates. One dinner size and one tea, both with a transfer to the top of the rim in orange for 'Wesleyan Sunday School, Crow Edge' within a ribbon banner. Both plates also have a gilt line close to the outer edge and a transfer maker's mark to the reverse for 'The Ceramic Art Co Ltd'. The tea plate is a little stained but otherwise they are both complete and in good order. Larger plate 9.75" x 1" and small plate 7" x 0.75". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


	Wells Cast Iron Engineers Lamp OC11* Original quality, late 19th century, cast iron, oil burning lamp. Impressed to the front 'Wells' for the maker and 'Engineers Lamp No4 Patent'. The burner does unscrew and a very long wick is still usable but the brass wick winding wheel is missing, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 3" diameter base and 5.5" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Beech Record Wipe RW1 Original quality, 1920's, record wipe in beech with very worn red velvet cloth, although the finish on the woodwork is superb. Used to dust off 78 records when on the turntable. 2.5" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £20.00


	Court Perseverance Cash Box CB2 Original quality, late 19th century, rectangular, tin cashbox with a hinged lid, lock and key and the original japanned finish and gilt decoration. The top paintwork is in near complete condition, very bright and details 'A.O.F No 7015 Court Perseverance' (Ancient Order of the Foresters). The inside is rather scratched and drab by comparison, but the brass handle to the top has been polished and all is complete and in good and working order. 10" x 6.25" x 3.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


Ice Pick & Hammer IB3* Original quality, late 19th century, ice pick and hammer with a silver plated head mounted on a delicately turned hickory shaft. The hammer head is impressed with squares and the point will unscrew. All is complete and in good and working order. 8.75" x 2.5". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £120.00


	Ivory Glove Stretchers GS2 Pair of original quality, late 19th century, ivory glove stretchers with an engraved and stained monogram of 'IM' or 'JM' entwined. A good clean pair with a strong spring action. Complete and in good and working order. 8" x 1.25" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Glove Stretchers GS1 Pair of original quality wooden glove stretchers, circa 1900/1910, with a brass hinge and spring. Stamped to the face 'Lewis's are Good for Gloves' and to the inside of the grips 'Made in Austria'. Glove stretchers were used by ladies to stretch the fingers of chamois leather gloves, which shrank tremendously after they were washed. Complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 1.75" x 0.75". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £40.00


	Academy Record Wipe GN2 Original quality, 1920's, gramaphone record wipe with a container for used needles within the grip. The body is covered in brown velvet and the grip and hinged lid is in the original bronze finish. The lid has a dimpled effect and details 'Academy Gramaphones, Give Tone to the Home' and has a very strong spring. Complete and in good and working order. 2.7" x 1.5" Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


Trustees Savings Bank Money Box MB10 Original quality, post war, thick vulcanite type plastic, ovoid shaped money box with a lockable base unit, a coin slot to the top and a hole to one end for rolled up banknotes. These were issued by the banks etc and the keys were held by the bank. An unusual example in this material. Complete and in good and working order. 4" x 2" x 2.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Thomas & Williams Miner's Lamp ML5* Original quality steel & brass miner's safety lamp, circa 1900, manufactured by Thomas & Williams. The name plaque to the front is rather worn and is fairly illegible but otherwise all appears to be complete and in good order. 11" high with hook down and 3.5" diameter of base. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £165.00


The Protector Miner's Lamp ML2* Original quality steel and brass miner's safety lamp, circa 1900/1920's. The circular brass plaque to the front details 'Type SL Approved Under Schedule B' and 'Protector Lamp & Lighting Co Ltd, The Makers, Eccles, Manchester'. The hand stamped number is 'No.72'. The locking rod has been removed, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 9.5" tall with handle down, 3.5" base diameter. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £130.00


	'Brighton' Large Cup and Saucer C2 Original quality, late Victorian, ceramic seaside souvenir from Brighton, in the form of a huge cup and saucer. The saucer has three coloured pictures of 1) The Royal Pavilion, 2) King's Road, 3) The Aquarium. The cup has two coloured pictures of 1) The Marine Palace Pier, 2) The West Pier, and has gilt script to the front 'I am not greedy but I like a lot'. Both the cup and saucer are marked to the underside with an upper case 'S' beneath a three-pointed crown. There are gilt lines to the edges and elsewhere and this is a bright clean example in mint condition. The best we have seen. Saucer 8.5" diameter x 1.25", cup 4" tall x 4.5" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


1923 Sealed Tin of Paint P1 Original quality, unopened/sealed, tin of paint, labelled 'Pinchin Johnson & Co Ltd', with a patented pull tab to open the lid showing the date 1923. One or two minor dents, otherwise in superb condition. 4.75" tall x 5" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


	Trade Sample Hand Basin HB1* Original quality, late 19th century, off white 'manufacturers sample' of a bathroom hand wash basin with scollaped soap dishes and a shaped gallery. An exact scaled down version with all the apertures for the waste and taps etc. Covered in a tiny craze consistent with its age and perfect in condition and every detail. Complete and in good order. 9" x 6.5", 4" tall including gallery. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £270.00


R. Timmins Curling Tongs SB6* Original quality, 18th or early 19th century, blacksmith wrought, hair curling tongs. Stamped for the maker R. Timmins & Sons. Complete and in good order. 11". Click on photo for a larger view Price: £56.00


	Prince Albert's Cachou Container CC38 Original quality, 19th century, brass two piece 'H.R.H Prince Albert's Cachou' container for Thomas Jackson's prepared cachou. Complete and in good order and in the original finish. 1.5" diameter. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £34.00


Folding Boxwood Foot Measure M36* Original quality, 1920's, boxwood measure for measuring feet in shoe shops. Calibrated to one side in inches and shoe sizes to the other and marked for the maker 'Ullathorne & Co'. The hinges etc are all in brass and all is complete and in good and working order. Closed 9" x 1" x 1" and opened out 15" x 1" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


	Invalid Feeding Cup M4* Original quality white ceramic feeding cup, circa 1900, with floral decorations and bird on branch; with gilt lining to all edges. Complete and in good order. 3.5" tall including spout, 5.5" front to back including spout. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £38.00


The Avecta Trouser Press T4 Pair of original quality wooden, folding, patent trouser pressers and straighteners, circa 1900, with shaped, plated on steel, decorative hinges. Impressed marks to both 'The Avecta Trouser Presser & Straightener. Patent Applied For'. The two pieces are linked together with a strong cord and the wood could well be lime? Complete and in good order. Each, folded: 15" x 2.5" x 0.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Boxwood Thermometer T3* Original quality glass thermometer in a boxwood mount with brass fittings, circa 1900, and impressed with the makers name 'L.Sterne & Co Ltd Glasgow'. Very simple but it does the job. Complete and in good and working order. 8.5" x 1.5" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £40.00

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