Cast Iron Rain Hopper, 2 matching available
Width of the lugs on back 13.25".
Total height 13".
Top 14" x 9.5".
Exterior of downpipe section 2.75" diam.
Price is for each.
Pair of Brass ' T' Bar Door Handles
Backplates 2" diam.
Handle 3.25" wide.
2" front to back.
14lb Parnall & Son Brass Weight
8.5" tall.
Base 4.5" diam.
Wrought Iron & Brass Dinner Gong
24.5" tall.
23.5" wide.
8.5" front to back.
Gong 12" x 2.25".
Hammer 9" x 1.5" x 1.5".
Carpenter & Tildesley Wrought Iron Rim Lock
Original, quality mid 19th century surface mounted wrought iron door lock. Will take a standard modern square bar for the handles. A replacement keep has been made to suit with the original key. This lock has the provision for a handle turn and a key lock. The file marks are the original when the lock was manufactured. This example has a super brass makers plaque detailing "Carpenter & Tildesley Manufacturers" around a Royal Coat of Arms. Fully overhauled, cleaned and lacquered and complete and in good and working order.
Lock 7" x 5" x 1" front to back.
Copper Jelly Mould
Original, quality late 19th century copper jelly mould of Benham & Froud quality but not stamped as such. This super example has two tiers of tab shaped rings mounted on a plain base rim. All is complete and in good order with no dents and a good tinned interior perfect for use. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost.
2.75" tall x 7.75" diam.
Inner space 4.75" diam.
Pair of Brass Sash Window Lifts, 2 pairs available
Original, quality late 19th century cast brass sash window lifts in the superb form of acanthus leaves, each backplate has three countersunk screw holes for mounting and all has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Complete and in good and working order.
Backplate 2" tall.
1.25" wide.
Total 1" front to back.
Price is per pair.
Large Brass Padlock & Key
Original, quality late 19th century large pink brass padlock with a brass hasp, a sliding dust cover and an old replacement key. The padlock is impressed to the front "11" and "Secure 4 Lever" and the key is impressed "Patent No 397147". All has been fully overhauled and is complete and in good and working order and has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no exta cost.
5.25" tall x 3.5" wide.
1.25" front to back.
Queen Victoria Brass Book Stand
Original, quality late 19th century cast brass folding and adjustable book reading stand. This superb example has a fretwork front plate depicting a bust of Queen Victoria, swirls of acanthus leaves and Tudor Rose motifs. This was probably manufactured to commemorate one of Queen Victoria's Jubilees in 1887 or 1897. This stand has a shaped ledge to the lower front to rest an open book and a ratchet adjustable system to tilt the open book, mounted on a ball foot to each corner. Has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and is complete and in good and working order.
Faceplate 9.75" x 8.25" tall.
Max height when stood for use 8.75".
Folded flat 1.5" tall.
2.25" at front ledge x 8.5" x 10".
Pair of Large Arts and Crafts Brass Door Handles, 4 pairs available
Original, quality larger than average cast brass door knobs in the original, bronzed finish in a serious Arts and Crafts seed pod and leaves form, circa 1900. These super examples are for turning standard mortice locks and latches and have five countersunk screw holes to each backplate and a square bar for turning. No maker's marks but we think these were manufacturer by Dryad of Leicester. Complete and in good and working order.
Backplates 4" diam.
Knobs 2.5" diam.
3" front to back.
Price is per pair.
Brass and Iron Russian Padlock
Original, quality late 19th century brass and iron padlock with an old key altered to fit. This unusual example, made in Russia, has a double locking mechanism. The main body and hasp is in blacksmith made wrought iron and the front and back has thick brass cover plates with a decorative bevelled edge to the upper half plates and all is contained as one with five wrought iron rivets. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost, fully overhauled and complete and in good and working order.
3.5" x 2.25".
1" front to back.
Key 1.75".
Pair of 9.75" Brass Door Bolts
Original, quality pair of late 19th century heavy duty, all brass 9.75" long surface mounted door bolts with shaped ends to the backplates, good shaped finial grips and replacement keeps made to suit with steel backplates. This super pair of bolts, each have six countersunk screw holes for mounting and the keeps each have two. All has been polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost, and are complete and in good and working order. Another matching pair of door bolts 15" long may well be available code: DB644.
Bolt backplates 9.75" x 1.75".
Keep 1.75" x 1.25".
Strongbox Lock and Key
Original, quality early 19th century wrought iron strongbox lock with the original key. This key is a complicated one, in super condition, showing very little wear if any, with a hollow barrel and a good "Georgian Bow" grip. Cleaned and waxed and complete and in good and working order.
Lock 5" x 3.5" x 2".
Key 4.25" long.
Ring 1.75".
Key end 1.75".
Large Door Key
Original, quality early to mid 19th century or possibly a little earlier huge wrought iron door key in superb condition with a large "Georgian Bow" ring grip and an intricate "bitting" detail. A wonderful key to handle. Complete and in good order.
7.25" total length.
Box 2.5 x 1.75".
Bitting 1.25" x 1 1/8".
3 Section Stacking Glazed Oak Bookcase
Original, quality 1920's / 30's three-tier stacking bookcase in the "Globe Wernick Style". This example in a honey-coloured oak will dismantle in five sections to ease moving, the top, three glazed tiers and the plinth. This all original item has oak veneered backboards and top boards and solid oak framed glazed doors and sides. A good clean example. Complete and in good and working order.
Total 48" tall x 34" x 14" front to back at top base.
6 Matching Terracotta Chimney Pots
Original, quality run of six matching original late 19th century terracotta chimney pots of the cylindrical form. These are sold as a set of six, each, is ready for use back up on the roof with only the odd very small firing cracks. Two of this run are impressed for the local maker "T Bazard Brick & Tile Works Swindon Wiltshire". All are complete and in good and working order.
Each chinmey 24" tall.
9.5" diam inner top.
12" diam exterior base.
Price is for the set of six.
Advertising Stoneware Match Striker
Original, quality late 19th century green glazed stoneware match striker with a saucer base to take the spent matches and a top facility to hold the matches upright with a striking outside surface. Most of all, this example has an applied glazed slab impressed for "William Gibson Glass & China Merchant Ashton-Under-Lyne". The underside is impressed "Leadless Glaze" and for the manufacturer "Lovatt Langley Mill England". All is complete and in good and working order.
3" tall.
4.25" diam.
Pair of Brass Coal Grips
Original, quality pair of 1920's patent brass coal grips with a lever to one end when depressed, gives a strong grip on coal lumps or small logs. Detailed inside the lever handle "Gripper Leicester" for the manufacturer. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost. Fully overhauled and complete and in good and working order.
16.5" x grips 6" widest.
Pair of Trench Art Decorated Brass Shell Cases
Original, quality pair of trench art decorated brass shell cases from the First World War. The fronts are embossed detailing "R.F" and branches and "1914" to one and "1918" to the other. The tops are softly flared and the undersides have a variety of stamped numbers. A super pair of well-decorated shell cases, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and are in good order.
13.75" tall.
3.25" top diam.
3.5" bases.
Pair of Wrought Iron Gates
Original, quality pair of circa 1900, blacksmith made wrought iron gates with an open design in the old green paint and surface rust and fashioned in square and flat wrought iron with curls and swags, a working latch and a retaining drop down bolt to the base. This pair of good heavy gates are to be mounted with staples to the top and sockets to the ground and are complete and in good and working order.
53.5" tall plus 108" wide.
These gates can be sold singly at £230 each.
WT&S Brass Exterior Bell Pull
Original, quality late 19th century cast brass exterior bell pull. For use with a tight wire, non-electrical bell system. Other parts required to operate this system are usually available in stock. Many other bell fittings of differing types may also be available. Replacement rear spring and washer have been fitted. This most unusual example has an aesthetic movement impressed design to the vertical backplate, has two countersunk screw holes for mounting and a 'T' bar pull handle. The whole can be mounted vertically, horizontally or even with a vertical grip on a horizontal backplate or the opposite. The reverse is impressed with the sun logo and "WT&S" for the manufacturer 'William Tonks & Son of Birmingham' with a registration number for the year 1878. All is complete and in good and working order.
Backplate 7" x 2.25".
Total 2.25" front to back exposed.
0.75" square to be recessed 4".
Pair of Gladstone and Disraeli Cast Iron Plaques
A pair of original, quality, late 19th century, cast iron plaques depicting Gladstone and Disraeli, both Prime Ministers during Queen Victoria's reign. These plaques have been finished in a matt gilt colour and are fitted within wide circular wooden frames. All is complete and in superb order. The first we have seen.
Cast iron plaque 7" diameter.
Total size 12" diameter.
1.25" front to back.
Pair of Ceramic and Brass Interior Bell Pulls
Original, quality pair of late 19th century cast brass interior bell pulls with gilt decorated white ceramic central boss and knob to the handle. The cast brass backplate and handle are moulded in deep relief designs and all is mounted onto circular cast iron drum shaped bodies. For use with a tight wire, non-electrical bell system. Other parts required to operate this system are usually available in stock. Many other bell fittings of differing types may also be available. Fully overhauled, polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good and working order.
Backplate 3.5" diam.
Disc 2.5" diam.
Total 6.25" long.
Cast Iron backplate 2.25" to be recessed 1".
Brass Mounted Cast Iron Book Press
Original, quality late 19th century heavy cast iron book press with brass counterbalance weights and other brass fittings. This super example has been fully overhauled, cleaned and lacquered and all is complete and in good and working order.
14" tall x 19.5" widest at base.
10" front to back.
Bed 15" x 10".
Mahogany & Cast Iron Harness Rack
Original, quality late 19th century wall mounted cast iron harness rack with mahogany mounts. This unusual example has scruffy but the original red paintwork to the ironwork and all is complete and in good and working order.
10" tall x 9.75" wide at backplate.
7.5" front to back.
Gaskell & Chambers Brass Keyhole Surround
Original, quality shield shaped brass keyhole surround with three countersunk screw holes for mounting and impressed "Gaskell & Chambers Ltd Dale End Works Birmingham Serial No82 1929". Gaskell & Chambers were a large manufacturer of pub and Hotel fixtures and fittings. Polished and lacquered, although the lacquer may be removed at no extra cost and complete and in good order.
3" x 2.25" x 0.25".
