Spoons Glorious Spoons
Antique treen spoons come in all sorts of sizes but basically there were two bowl shapes circular and oval. They are the earliest of our...
I'm Asked So Often On Pieces Of Treen To Identify The Different Woods, So I Decided To Try And H
The other day I bought a box of specimen wood samples which would have been taken around the large country estates for people to choose...
What was the purpose of the antique tea caddy ?
Tea caddies were made in many shapes and sizes and from a variety of materials ranging from wood and silver to tortoiseshell and mother...
Antique Treen Tinder Boxes Not The Best Material To Use To Light Sparks
Antique treen/ wooden tinder boxes are quite rare ...why? Wooden tinder boxes are usually rectangular in shape initially dug out from a...
What are Antique Treen Go to Beds?
Having just bought a collection of antique treen 'Go to beds' I thought I would write a small article on them. Sometimes known as...
What's the Purpose of the Knitting Sheath ?
What's the purpose of a knitting sheath ? Lots of people ask what a knitting sheath is for and as many are such works of art I thought an...
How Did The Cricket Table/stool Get Its Name?
I have just purchased a lovely small three legged table/stool described as a cricket table and decided to find out how the table got its...
The Romance of antique Welsh Love Spoons
There is so much more than first meets the eye with antique Welsh love spoons given by an admirer to a lady as an expression of his...
BBC HOME AND ANTIQUES MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2011 ARTICLE ON ANTIQUE
The new December issue of BBC Home and Antiques has a cracking article on antique nutcrackers with several nutcrackers featured from our...
Rush lights the poor mans candle.....?
What are rush lights is a frequent question that I get asked so here's a simple explanation. They were quite simply a method of lighting...
