Saying it with flowers!
The equivalent of "saying it with flowers" during the Georgian period was the gift of a snuff box and snuff shoe boxes were very popular....
Antique Treen Nutcrackers
Nuts go back a long way in history. There is evidence of nut processing which dates back as far as 8,000 years: a wide shallow pit on an...
Antique Scottish Drinking Vessels
Here we have some 19th century drinking vessels made in Scotland. Three of them, the luggie and the bickers, are constructed of wooden...
Three Antique Go to Beds
Here are three different Go to Beds to show the diversity. These boxes were used for storing friction matches. Each of these has a small...
A Prisoner of War Invention.......
There have been many different English men, (at least half a dozen), who claim to have invented the humble straw splitter. But it is now...
Antique Knitting Sheath - Named, Dated & Located
This is a really unusual antique treen knitting sheath believed to have originated from Norfolk which is, in itself, quite rare. The...
Antique Treen Match Box - Berry Patent - Go To Bed
Here is a very unusual antique treen 'Go to Bed' (match box container). It is stamped with 'Berry'. This is the name of a company better...
Antique Treen Match Box - Berry Patent - Go To Bed
Here is a very unusual antique treen 'Go to Bed' (match box container). It is stamped with 'Berry'. This is the name of a company better...
Georgian Apothecary Weighing Scales
Here is a rare George III boxed Apothecary Scales & Weights. Unusually the scale box is highly decorative. The lid of the mahogany box is...
Antique 18th Century Treen Tinder Boxes
Antique wooden tinder boxes from the 18th century are not that easy to find. Metal and the metal canister type were the preferred...
