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	Hip Flask HF4* Original quality, 1920's, glass hip flask with a leather covered upper section, a slide off silver plated drinking cup and a silver plated screw on cap. The cap is stamped to the underside for the retailer "J.H.Pentifex, Buckingham Palace Road, London". All is complete and in good and working order. 6" x 3" x 1.5". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £75.00


Set of 6 Green Wine Glasses G5* Set of 6 original quality, late 19th century, smokey green, cut glass, drinking glasses with faceted sides and a circular foot. All are perfect, ideal for use and great looking. 2.75" diameter foot and top x 5.25" tall. Price is for the set. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £135.00


	Oak Pub Stool F109* Original quality, 1920's/30's, circular topped oak pub stool with four chamfered square legs and cross stretchers. All in super order. Seat 12" x 1.25", spread of the legs and 16" x 20" tall. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £85.00


Public Bar Brass Plaque NP91* Original quality, 1920's/30's, cast pink brass nameplate with white enamelled inlaid upper cased 'Public Bar'. And four countersunk screw holes for mounting. Some minor crazing to the enamel. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 10" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


	Saloon Bar Brass Plaque NP90* Original quality, 1920's/30's, cast pink brass nameplate with white enamelled inlaid upper cased 'Saloon Bar'. And four countersunk screw holes for mounting. Some minor crazing to the enamel. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 11.25" x 2". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


R Fry & Co Counter Ginger Beer Flagon SJ55* Original quality two tone glazed stoneware giant ginger beer bottle, circa 1900. Manufactured for dispensing ginger beer from the shop counter. The tap hole at the base would be on the shop keepers side and the other would be viewed by the customer in the shop. The elaborate detail to the transfer printed crest etc includes 'R Frys & Co Ltd' two fish on a shield and 'Hastings, Brighton & Eastbourne'. The screw on stopper is missing the lower half and has a few chips. The main flagon has retained its galvanised carrying handle and the body is impressed '2'. Some chips to the top and bottom edges but otherwise all is in good order and complete. A super transfer printed counter ginger beer. 8" diameter x 19" tall with the handle down. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £185.00


	Barman's Folding Knife FK30* Original quality, 1920's, pocket tool kit carried by hotel barstaff etc, stamped to the steel knife blade for the maker 'Crown' or 'Brown' 'Liverpool'. This tool comprises a knifeblade, sprung to use as a cigar cutter through the hole in the side, corkscrew and champagne wire cutter all in nickel side covers, superb and in complete and working order. Closed 3." x 1.2" x 0.2", and blade open 5.7" total length. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £140.00


Brass Bottling Tap T1 Original quality, 19th century, brass knock-in bung tap for wine barrels etc, used for filling bottles, hence the long spout. The turn key grip is stamped 'Farrow & Jackson, London & Paris' for the maker/supplier to one side and to the other 'Proven To 200lb 98'. Complete and in good and working order. 6" x 4.75" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00


	*Marlborough Soda Syphon SS15 Original quality, 1920's, clear glass soda syphon acid etched to the front for the suppliers of the contents 'Stratton, Sons and Mead Ltd Marlborough (Wiltshire)'. Impressed also to the pewter top mount for the same and for the manufacturer of the bottle etc 'The British Syphon Manufacturing Co. London'. No chips and complete but not suitable for use. 12" x 3.75" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £38.00**


H.Troughton Soda Syphon SS10* Original quality clear glass soda syphon, circa 1880, with a pewter top and spout etc. The front of the thick glass is acid etched for 'H.Troughton's Chemists Lancaster'. Although this is not usable it is generally complete otherwise and is an early example with details of a Chemist. 12" x 4" diameter. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £50.00


	Oak Framed Bevelled Pub Mirror M47* Original quality rectangular shaped, bevelled pub wall mirror, circa 1880/1900, with a wide light oak frame, and a cut design representing grapes with painted leaves and vines to the back of the glass. A very clean decorative mirror of an unusual design, complete and in good order. 31" x 19" x 1". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £345.00


De Reszke Advertising Mirror M26* Original quality, 1920/30's, advertising mirror in the original wood grained effect on plaster on wooden frame. This very bright, thick glass mirror details '"De Reszke" The Aristocrat of Cigarettes'. Some very minor blemishes to the mirror and general scuff marks to the plaster of the frame, but otherwise a superb advertising mirror, complete and in good order. 29.75" x 23.75" x 0.75" Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £240.00


	Westward Ho Tobacco Mirror A22* Original quality, pre war, tobacconists' shop advertising mirror of a super small size in the original oak frame. This example details 'Westward Ho Smoking Mixtures', also in small text to the lower edge of the mirror, 'Issued by the Imperial Tobacco Co (of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd'. The mirror has some blemishes but is bright in colour. The original frame has been cleaned and the ply backing board has been replaced with similar. All is now complete and in good order. 26.25" x 9.25" x 1". Two other matching advertising mirrors for different brands may be available, ref codes A20 & A21. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £270.00


Pair of Cigarette Advertising Mirrors A18* Pair of original quality, 1920's, advertising tobacconists' mirrors in the original mahogany frames with orginal backing boards. These superb matching mirrors detail in gilt script "Goudulem Extra Fine Turkish Cigarettes" and "Kestorian Egyptian Blend Cigarettes" and "Dekka Cigarettes". All very unusual brands. Apart from a few very very minor blemishes these mirrors are in amazing and complete condition. These pictures cannot do them justice, they are truely stunning. Frames 54.5" x 10.5" x 1.25". Price is for the pair. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £2,700.00


	Pewter Pint Tankard M34* Original quality, 19th century, pint, pewter tankard with a side loop handle and a waisted foot. Stamped under the top rim 'VR21' beneath a crown and 'Pint and 'VR341' beneath a crown. Not too exciting, but a good clean, honest tankard marked to the underside with a publican code I presume of '66/5/13'. Complete and in good order. Base 3.5", 5" high and 5" wide including handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £30.00


Farrow & Jackson Quart Copper Ale Measure M29* Original quality, late 19th century, quart size copper ale measure, with a good lead custom and excise mark detailing 'VR' and an applied embossed label for 'Farrow & Jackson, Tower Street, London'. The main body is impressed 'Quart' for the size. This is the standard style ale measure with the pouring lip and loop handle to one side. Some minor dents but overwise complete and in good order. 6.5" high, base 6" diameter and 7.5" front to back. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £120.00


	Quart Pewter & Brass Ale Measure M28* Original quality, 19th century, two pint pewter ale measure with a side handle and a brass top rim. This exceptional pewter measure has a clear stamp to the brass rim detailing 'VR' beneath a crown all above '2', with Quart in upper cased text. The pewter is also stamped many times to one side with a variety of customs and excise marks and to the inner base with a rubbed maker's stamp which could be 'Loftus, 32 Oxford Street, London'? A stunning example in unbelievable condition. 6" high, base 4.75" diameter and 7.5" wide including grip. Click on photo for larger abd other views. Price: £145.00


Pink Pint Ceramic Measure M26* Original quality, 1920's, pint ceramic ale measure. Pink to the outside and white to the underside, handle and interior. Etched in the glaze for the custom and excise stamp 'GR' with a crown above, over '490' within a circle and 'Pint' over. Complete and in good order. 5" high x 3.5" diameter and 5" wide including handle. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £50.00


	1 Pint Blue Ale Measure M18* Original quality, 1920's, ceramic one pint ale measure, of simple form with a light blue outer on a white inside, with a white side handle. The custom and excise proof mark is etched into the glaze to the front, 'Pint' with 'GR19' under a crown. Complete and in good order. 5" tall x 3.25" diameter. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


4 Gallon Ale Measure M17* Original quality, 19th century, huge copper four gallon ale measure with pouring lip and tubular looped side handle. The lead customs stamp to the inside of the top lip has a feint 'VR' mark and a maker's plate is also affixed for 'Farrow & Jackson, London & Paris'. Some very minor dents to the handle otherwise all is complete and in good order. 15" tall, base diameter 15.5", widest including handle 18". Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £345.00


	1/2 Gallon Copper Ale Measure M16* Original quality, 19th century, copper ale measure with pouring lip and tubular looped side handle and a good lead customs stamp to the inside of the pouring lip. With various crowns and numbers stamped, marked also 'Imperial' in upper cased text and '1/2' engraved to the front of the main body. Some dents to the side handle, otherwise all is complete and in good order. 8.5" tall, 9.5" wide including handle and 7.5" base diameter. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £120.00


W.Grace Cast Iron Pub Table F18* Original quality, circular, fancy cast iron pub table fitted with a replacement top made from a well used, elm shop counter. The cast iron base, in the form of 3 legs with an inner shelf, is decorated with the head of W.Grace wearing a cricket cap to the top of each leg section. Each head has the initials 'WG' above and is surrounded by swags of ribbon, bunches of flowers and fruit etc. Some good repairs have been made to the ironwork in places and is now complete and in good order and has been finished in clear lacquer to retain the detail. The reverse of each leg is marked with the registration number for the year 1891. W.Grace was a famous Victorian English cricketer, probably the most famous, and this table is the rarest of the character pub tables produced. A good usable pub table with a cricketing connection. 30" tall, 24.5" top diameter. Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £990.00


	Brass Match Holder/Striker MS3* Original quality brass match holder, circa 1900, with ribbed sides acting as a striker and a saucer shaped base for the dead matches. Complete and in good and working order. 3" high, 4.25" diameter of base. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £45.00


Ladies Brass Plaque NP69* Original quality, 1920's, pink sheet brass name plate inlaid with white enamelled upper cased 'Ladies' with four countersunk screw holes for mounting. Has been polished and lacquered and apart from one scratch to the white enamel inlay it is complete and in good order. 10" x 2.5". Another similar may be available item code NP68. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


	Ladies Brass Plaque NP68* Original quality, 1920's, pink sheet brass name plate inlaid with white enamelled upper cased 'Ladies' with four countersunk screw holes for mounting. Has been polished and lacquered and is complete and in good order. 10" x 2.5". Another similar may be available item code NP69. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £50.00


Ladies Brass Plaque NP15* Original quality, 1920's, pink brass name plaque, with 'Ladies' inlaid in white enamel. Complete and in good order. 4" x 2". Click on photo for a larger view Price: £50.00


	Doulton Sandeman's Ashtray A4* Original quality, 1930's, small circular white ceramic ashtray with four cigarette rests and four panels of a black depiction of 'Sandeman' and advertising the same sherry or port? Transfer printed to the underside with the logo, 'Made In England' and 'Royal Doulton England'. Complete and in good order. 3.75" diameter and 2.5" high. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £45.00


Phillips Lamps Ashtray A6* Original quality, 1920's, large brass deep ashtray with 'Philips Lamps' embossed to the top service. Complete and in good order. 7.5" diameter x 1.5". Click on photo for larger view Price: £58.00


	Johnnie Walker Copper Ashtray A2* Original quality, 1920's, oval pressed copper ashtray with 'Johnnie Walker' (Scotch whisky) around the edge with a pictorial of the same dressed in a top hat and cane with the words 'Born 1820 Still Going Strong'. Complete and in good order. 5" x 4". Click on photo for a larger view. Price: £30.00


A.Bradley, Sefton, Pub. Jug J15 Original quality, 1920's, brown glazed water jug, simulating an oak cooper made jug, with embossed figures of a short gentleman drinking at a table and a horse with a handler standing by with a whip. Incised to the front 'A. Bradley Sefton' in upper case. Complete and in good order. 5.5" tall x 6.75" widest including handle. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £34.00


	1925 Ebony and Brass Beer Pulls PB2 Original quality ebony and brass beer pump pulls manufactured by Gaskell & Chambers dated 1925, with a pair of fancy brass beer taps of a similar vintage all mounted on a mahogany bar top plinth. Complete and in good and working order. 21" tall x 14.5" x 14" incl taps. Click on photo for a larger view Price: £345.00


Brandy Decanter Label DL1* Original quality, 19th century, Sheffield plated crescent shaped decanter label engraved 'Brandy' in upper case. Some wear to the high points otherwise complete and in good order. 2" x 1.25" + 0.25" plus chain. Click on photo for larger and other views. Price: £23.00

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