Plain Chest of Drawers

Its quite a simple piece of furniture but nonetheless usefull and at a low price of £50.

Bhudda

A small Bhudda figure in bronze with brass highlights unknown age but not modern

My weight is waisted

Fairbanks scales the real thing excelent for wait watchers and on lookers.  These were made by the famous American company Fairbanks for the health industry 55 years ago when the average American was 9-12 stones. They are floor standing with a stand on platform maximum capacity a mere 300 pounds or just under 21.5 stones. How times have changed but it was worth the weight.

Vesuviana Coffee Expresso

The Vesuviano range of coffee expresso makers were designed and sold from the 1950's most are small 1 2 or 3 cups models this is the largest of the range being a ten cup.  Its unique and stylish design is very functional as the boiler has a flat bottom surface for direct heat gas or electric the water expells at the correct pressure and travels horizontally to the coffee filter and the large surface above the filter helps cool the water enough to obviate bitterness from superheated water under pressure from the boiler. It was considered to be the best coffee maker in its day and will continue to make great coffee for those who have tasted the best expressos and want to recreate that taste at home. 

 G Plan Ladder Back Chairs

Six ladder back chairs exquisitely made in teak to match our refectory G Plan table seen here

Fender Squier Strat

Nice example of a vintage Strat made by Fender in Korea a few blemishes on the back ( buckle wear) lovely neck and nice action. Missing whammy bar nice vintage sound.

Binoculars

These binoculars are in good condition the saratoga 8 x 40 have been extensively used but are still in first class optical condition. Both have very good quality optics and at a great price. Both with leather cases.

8 x 40

8 x 30

Hand Knotted Wool/Silk Carpet

A genuine carpet is a real luxury it is beautiful, soft, intricate and yet can last for several lifetimes without much bother.  These items were originally made as family assets with a practical use and a way of displaying wealth. The same is true today but for different reasons much of the symbolism is lost in history and nomadic traditions have intermixed to form broad interpretation of a pattern which in the last few hundred years is designed into a carpet for visual effect with little or no connection to the localised traditional design themes. There has never been a better time to buy a genuine hand knotted carpet and the sooner the better as prices are rocketing. One can find many carpets made in the last twenty years from India and although good are not of the same quality and longevity but they should also last for dozens of decades, The simple fact is that carpets are no longer being made in the traditional way in any great numbers sophisticated carpet machines are replicating in superb detail the traditional patterns and even build in mistakes to preserve the actuality of 250000 knots per metre there are always small mistakes. Machine carpets of a middle eastern design are the norm now but they will never match the strength and finish of a hand made item. Unfortunately these masterpieces of skill design and materials are poorly understood in the west and the tendency for the use of coal fires last century and dirty town environments have taken their toll on some of the finest carpets ever made and shipped to the west in the 19th century. A hundred years of ground in dirt and soot can leave even the best carpet looking brown and when its fashion time out they go and are lost forever.  Remarkably even dirty carpets can be saved with very little effort they need mild soap and careful handling and preferably not at the hands of any commercial cleaner whose main object is quick turnover quick profit. Cleaning an exquisite carpet need not be  expensive, in fact it is very cheap to do, but requires a lot of time. and a few simple tools. We have a range of carpets which are treasured and for sale all having been properly cleaned and ready for use for twenty to thirty  years before needing cleaned again unless drastic accidents intercede. Warm soapy water sponge, feet or fingers and toes a drying area and a squeege are all thats needed no machine or detergents please. We will happily explain the process in detail so you can accomplish the task. This fine example is 90cm x 130cm and will rapidly increase in price over the next few decades this is one to be kept and passed on.