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Here we have a very good 19th century Cupping Set by S Maw & Son, a surgical instrument maker based in London. This is a particularly...

Here we have a beautifully carved antique treen snuff flask, similar ones are usually made from coquilla nut. The flask has been carved...

Valentine’s Day can be traced back as far as Roman times, but it wasnt It wasn't until the 1600's that Valentine's day as a holiday...

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....

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...

Here we have some 19th century drinking vessels made in Scotland. Three of them, the luggie and the bickers, are constructed of wooden...

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...

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...

This is a really unusual antique treen knitting sheath believed to have originated from Norfolk which is, in itself, quite rare. The...

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...