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	Brass Loo Door Lock Set LL32 Original, quality, 1920's/30's, cast brass toilet door bolt set, complete with the inner door bolt and keep and the outside panel detailing vacant and engaged. When the bolt of the door is slid to lock on the inside of the room, the window will alter from 'Vacant' to 'Engaged'. This can be used on both left and right handed doors. All has been fully overhauled, polished and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. The two backplates 2" x 1.5". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Set of 6 Tools in Case T58 Original, quality, late 19th Century, set of six matching hand tools in the original leather, cloth covered, wooden hinged box. These appear to be small hand vices of varying sizes, with bakelite pull out grips, a brass mount and steel jaws with a brass adjustment head. Two are numbered '6', two numbered '4' and two numbered '2'. In good order. Do you know what these are for? Box 4" x 3" x 1". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Ashwell's Patent Loo Door Bolt Set LL31 Original, quality, 1920's, cast brass toilet door bolt set, complete with the inner bolt, a replacement keep made to suit, and the surface mounted plate, housing the revolving white ceramic vacant and engaged plate. When the bolt of the door is shut to lock on the inside of the door, the window will alter from 'Vacant' to 'Engaged'. The bolt housing is detailed for 'Ashwell's Patent' and this example can be used both left and right hand. All has been polsihed and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Backplate 3.75" x 2.5", circular frame 3.25" diameter and keep 2" x 1.5". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £175.00


Brass Sash Window Catch W193 Original, quality, circa 1880, cast brass, two piece, sash window catch; each section with four countersunk screw holes for mounting. The top of the spring and the finger grip to the catch are finished with a beehive, ribbed design. All has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good and working order. Backplate 3" x 1", total length 3.75" and height 1.75". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Brass Sash Window Catch W192 Original, quality, cast brass, two piece, sash window catch; each section with four countersunk screw holes for mounting. This Art Nouveau style fitting is impressed with the registration number for the year 1908 and all has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. Backplates 3" x 1" total length, catch 4" x 2" and height 1.5". Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


Cranberry and Vaseline Lamp Shade S568 Original, quality, 1920's, bell shaped glass, electric light shade in cranberry coloured glass, with diagonal twists terminating in vaseline splashes. Will fit a standard, modern electric bulb holder. Perfect. 4.5" high and 4.75" widest. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


	Run of Brass Casement Window Catches, 9 Available W191 Original, quality, cast brass casement window catch in an Art Deco style, with a replacement keep plate made to suit. Embossed to the reverse of the handle with the registration number for the year 1932. Polished, lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Catch backplate 2.25" x 0.5", handle 4.5" x 0.5" and keep backplate 2.25" x 0.5". Price is for each set. Matching casement stays may well be available, reference code W190. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £26.00


Run of Brass Casement Window Stays, 9 Available W190 Original, quality, cast brass casement window stay in an Art Deco style, with two replacement brass locking pins made to suit. Impressed to the top with the reqistration number for the year 1932. Polished, lacquered and complete and in good and working order. 13.5" long, 0.75" widest and backplate 1.75" x 0.5". Price is for each. Matching casement catches may well be available, reference code W191. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


	Brass Finger Plate, 7 Available FP129 Original, quality, 1920's, cast pink brass, plain door finger plates, each with six countersunk screw holes for mounting. All has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 12" x 2.5" each. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £23.00


Pair of Brass Finger Plates FP128 A pair of original, quality, 1920's, pressed brass, ribbed door finger plates, each with six screw holes for mounting. Some minor dents, but otherwise complete and in good order, polished and lacquered. 11" x 3" each. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Cast Iron Door Pull DP214 Original, quality, cast iron, ribbed and spherical shaped door pull knob, circa 1900, with a circular backplate and a central coach bolt for mounting. This handle will not turn a lock or latch, only pull the door closed. An unusual example; cleaned, lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Backplate 3" diameter, knob 2.75" diameter and 3.25" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


Long Run of Cast Iron Hat and Coat Hooks CH352 Original, quality, 1930's, cast iron, hat and coat hooks, with rectangular backplates with four countersunk screw holes for mounting. These hooks were originally used in a factory cloakroom and had numbers pressed in from the rear, now removed. All have been cleaned and lacquered and are complete and in good order. Backplate 2" x 1.75", total 5.5" high and 3" front to back. Price is for each. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £18.00


	Pair of Ribbed Brass Door Handles, 8 Pairs Available DH789 A pair of original, quality, cast brass, spherical shaped, ribbed door knobs circa 1900, with matching circular backplates and a threaded standard square bar and grub screw adjustment system to fit both mortice or rim locks and latches. All is complete and in good and working order. Backplate 2", knob 1.75" and 2.75" front to back. Price is per pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £95.00


Vertical Brass Letter Flap LF180 Original, quality, 1920's, cast brass, vertical letter flap with a 'gothic' style backmount and 'Letters' in script to the flap. An unusual example; complete and in good and working order. External 11.75" x 4.5" and aperture 4.75" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Copper and Tin Jelly Mould JM126 Original, quality, late 19th Century, tin jelly mould with a copper top section. Impressed to the tin body 'F95' and '2'. A good, clean mould with some old, minor repairs, but not ideal for use. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good order. 6" x 4.75" x 4.75" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


Copper and Tin Jelly Mould JM125 Original, quality, late 19th Century, tin jelly mould with a copper top section. Impressed to the tin body 'H. L & Co' for the manufacturer. A good, clean mould with some old, minor repairs, but not ideal for use. Cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good order. 6.5" x 4.5" x 5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Pair of Wrought Iron Tongs and Poker FI.256 A pair of original, quality, early 19th Century, blacksmith made, wrought iron fireside tongs and poker, with great detail to the shafts and top finial grips. One small section of the hinge decoration is missing from the tongs. All has been cleaned and lacquered and are complete and in good and working order. A shame the third piece of the set is long gone. Tongs 29.25" x 4" x 1.75" and poker 28.5" x 1.75". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £256.00


Oil Lamp Shade OS70 Original, quality, late 19th Century, frosted glass, oil lamp spherical shade with two clear cut glass bands and a band of star cuts around the centre. Will fit a standard duplex double wick burner gallery and all is complete and in good order. Cut glass decorated oil shades are increasingly hard to find today. 7.25" high, 7" diameter and lower aperture 4". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £400.00


	2 Gallon Galvanised Watering Can WC23 Original, quality, two gallon, post war, galvanised watering can with the original, removable brass rose and embossed with the registration number for the year 1947. Cleaned, lacquered and complete and in good and working order. Body 8.75" diameter and 10.5" high, total 17" high and 22" wide including the spout and handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £56.00


Single Brass Recessed Door Handle DH788 Original, quality, 1920's, cast pink brass, 'D' shaped door handle within a square frame. The backplate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting and the handle will turn a door lock with a standard square steel bar. Has been polished and lacquered, is super quality and complete and in good and working order. Backplate 3.5" square and 0.5" to be recessed, 'D' shaped handle 2.75" x 1.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Single Brass Recessed Door Handle DH787 Original, quality, 1920's, cast pink brass, 'D' shaped door handle within a square frame. The backplate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting and the handle will turn a door lock with a standard square steel bar. Has been polished and lacquered, is super quality and complete and in good and working order. Backplate 4" square and 0.5" to be recessed, 'D' handle 3.5" x 2.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Single Brass Recessed Door Pull DH786 Original, quality, late 19th Century, single, recessed, cast brass, ovoid shaped, sliding door pull. The cast decoration is in the form of acanthus leaves and others and this example has two countersunk screw holes for mounting. A super quality door pull; polished and lacquered and complete and in good order. 3.5" x 3" and 1" to be recessed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Single Brass Recessed Door Pull DH785 Original, quality, late 19th Century, single, recessed, cast brass, ovoid shaped, sliding door pull with an inner beaded decoration and two countersunk screw holes for mounting. A super quality door pull; polished and lacquered and complete and in good order. 3.25" x 2.25" and 0.75" to be recessed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


Single Brass Recessed Door Pull DH784 Original, quality, late 19th Century, single, recessed, cast brass, ovoid shaped, sliding door pull. The outer edge has a rope twist design, with an inner beaded decoration, and two screw holes for mounting. A super quality door pull; polished and lacquered and complete and in good order. 3.25" x 2.75" and 0.5" to be recessed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Single Brass Recessed Door Handle DH783 Original, quality, late 19th Century, single, recessed, decorated, cast brass, 'D' shaped door handle with a circular backplate. The backplate has three countersunk screw holes for mounting and the handle will turn a door lock with a standard square steel bar. Has been polished and lacquered, is super quality and is complete and in good and working order. 3.75" external diameter and 0.5" to be recessed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


Single Brass Recessed Door Handle DH782 Original, quality, late 19th Century, single, recessed, decorated, cast brass, 'D' shaped door handle with a circular backplate. The door handle is in the form of acanthus leaves, the backplate has four countersunk screw holes for mounting and the handle will turn a door lock with a standard square steel bar. Has been polished and lacquered, is super quality and is complete and in good and working order. 4" external diameter and 0.75" to be recessed. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


	Brass Knob and Ring Door Handle DH781 Original, quality, 1920's, cast brass ring door handle with a blown brass knob to the other side, with a threaded standard square bar and grub screw adjustment system to fit both mortice or rim locks and latches. Replacement brass backplates made to suit. Each backplate has three countersunk screw holes for mounting and all is complete and in good and working order. Backplate 2.5" diameter, ring 2.25" and 1" front to back, and knob 2" diameter and 2" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Pair of Oak Door Handles DH780 A pair of original, quality, late 19th Century, shaped oak door knobs with circular oak backplates and a patent fitting to cover the four screw heads per knob, when fitted. The reverse of the backplates are stamped 'Pitt's Patent' and 'HSP & Co London'. Some minor chips, otherwise complete and in good and working order. An unusual example. Backplate 2.5" diameter, knob 2.5" diameter and 2.75" front to back. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Pair of Cut Glass and Brass Door Pulls DP213 A pair of original, quality, late 19th Century, cast brass door pulls, with cut glass inset handles. Each has a pair of cranked shafts and backplates with designs of acanthus leaves and finials in the form of seed heads. One minor chip to the glass of one, otherwise complete and in good and working order. Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £230.00


Barclays Bank Money Box MB16 Original, quality, 1920's, nickel plated on brass, ovoid shaped money box with a lockable base unit and key, coin slots to the sides and a hole to the underside to take rolled up bank notes. These were issued by the banks and the top of this example is detailed for 'Barclays Bank Ltd No 24129 Home Safe' and to the underside with a patent number and 'June 11th 1921'. The coin slots are to the side and are for 'three pences' (silver type), 'six pences', shillings and pennies or half crowns. Why no provision for two shilling pieces or florins? This example, not only has the original key, but also the scruffy, but original card box. Money box 3.75" x 2.5" and 1.75" front to back, card box 4" x 2.75" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


	Shop Door Bell B99 Original, quality, shop door bell fashioned from a 19th Century cast brass bell and spring and with a replacement brass plate, made to suit, with two screw holes for mounting to the rear of the shop door. This bell, with its wrought iron clapper, has been polished and lacquered, the spring repainted, fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order. Bell 2.25" high, total 9.5" high 3" wide and 3" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £65.00


Brown Glass Fairy Light CL61 Original, quality, late 19th Century, pressed glass fairy light; used with a night light candle and hung in the garden for party decorations. These were free blown in a wooden mould and often shear top and ground off. This example is in a dark brown and is complete and in good order. If used today, it is essential the candle is floated in an inch or so of water, to prevent the heat cracking the glass. 3.75" high and 2.75" widest. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £23.00


	Green Glass Fairy Light CL60 Original, quality, late 19th Century, pressed glass fairy light; used with a night light candle and hung in the garden for party decorations. These were free blown in a wooden mould and often shear top and ground off. This example is in a bright green and is complete and in good order. If used today, it is essential the candle is floated in an inch or so of water, to prevent the heat cracking the glass. 3.5" high and 2.5" widest. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £23.00


Suppository Mould M95 Original, quality, 1920's, nickel plated on cast brass, two piece suppository mould, with a thumbscrew headed bolt; will make six suppositories. Impressed '22' in each section and '15'. Complete and in good order. 3.25" x 1" x 1.25". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Weiss Scalpel M94 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th Century, steel surgical scalpel with an ebony handle and impressed to the steel for the manufacturer - 'Weiss, London'. Complete and in good order. 6" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


Stodart Surgical Instrument M93 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th Century, steel surgical hook probe with an ebony handle and impressed 'Stodart' for the maker. J. Stodart were recorded as surgeon instrument makers and cutlers at 401 The Strand, London from 1787 to 1839. Some pitting, otherwise complete and in good order. 6" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £36.00


	Surgical Knife M92 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th Century, steel surgical instrument with a rosewood handle. Some minor pitting and no makers name, otherwise complete and in good order. 7" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


Surgical Knife M91 Original, quality, 18th or early 19th Century, steel surgical knife with a chequered ebony handle. No makers name, but an 'S' and a Maltese Cross logo. Some minor pitting to the steel, otherwise complete and in good order. 7" x 0.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	Kohler Signal Horn HH3 Original, quality, late 19th Century, solid nickel, two tone hunting horn with a finger valve, a cord ring and a flattened flare. Impressed to one side 'The Kohler Signal Horn' and to the other 'Kohler & Son Maker, 185 Piccadilly (from Covent Garden), London'. An unusual horn; complete and in good and working order. 6.25" x 4" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £265.00


Mrs Marshall's Patent Freezer IC8 Original, quality, late 19th Century, ice / ice cream machine. The brass name plaque details 'Marshall's Patent Freezer, the School of Cookery, 30 Mortimer St Cavendish Square London'. The galvanised drum, with a pewter lid, is fitted within a cooper made oak tub and has the original brass handle, with a black ceramic knob. All is complete and in superb order; the first we have had for some time. Top diameter 18", base 16.5", height of tub 6" and total height including knob 9". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £565.00


	Copper and Tin Jelly Mould JM124 Original, quality, late 19th Century, tin jelly mould with a copper top section. Impressed to the tin body 'HL & Co' for the manufacturer, '0151' for the style and '1' for the size. A good, clean mould, but not suitable for use; cleaned and lacquered. 5.5" x 4.25" and 4.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00


Everett's Boot Polish Tin Advert S94 Original, quality, 1920's, printed on tin advertising sign with six screw holes for mounting and detailing; 'Everett's Extra Tan Nutta', 'The Popular Dark Brown Stain Boot Polish'. By appointment crests are also detailed to the top two corners - one royal coat of arms and the other the Prince of Wales feathers. Some minor discolouration, but otherwise complete and in good order. 15.75" x 11.75". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £115.00

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