finishing touches


60s telephones, factory clocks, coat racks, decorative items. click on the thumbnails for prices and larger images.

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vintage ladders vintage ladders
We have a selection of free standing and 'lean to' ladders ranging from 4 feet to 12 feet in height. Please call for current availability. 


vintage dolly tubs vintage dolly tubs
galvanised 'dolly' tubs, originally used for handwashing clothes, make great planters. Typical size 47cm dia. x 50cm high. Please call or e mail for current availability


 wooden shoe lasts wooden shoe lasts
These lasts came originally from the Haynes and Cann factory in Northampton. it is rare for shoe lasts to survive in pairs and these were still in use until last year, you can still smell the leather!
Sycamore, currently sizes 5 - 12 are available.



1950s Gents factory clock 1950s Gents factory clock

 A 56cm dia. Gents factory clock with polished steel frame, fitted with a quartz battery movement but retaining the original hands.




laboratory glass laboratory glass

We have just aquired a large quantity of laboratory glass from a defunct college in Oxfordshire. Including test tube racks, poison and other bottles, lab flasks and jars of varying sizes, bell jars etc. please call or e mail for further details, prices will range from £5-£60 per item




1930s Smiths factory clock 1930s Smiths factory clock

A 1930s 54cm dia. factory clock, steel body with original black paintwork, fitted with a quartz battery movement but retaining the original hands.




1930s dressmakers mannequin 1930s dressmakers mannequin

A linen covered 1930s mannequin on original wooden base, 158cm high




1920s French mirror 1920s French mirror

A 1920s French mirror with decorative frame in original condition, the mirror glass is also the original mercury glass, nicely aged but still useable, 106cm high x 77cm wide.




1960s hall mirror with hooks 1960s hall mirror with hooks

An unusual hall mirror mounted on a wooden panel painted white and yellow with double hooks for coats and hats, 128cm high x 83cm wide. hooks project 12cm.




1930s tin petrol cans 1930s tin petrol cans
We have a selection of these pre war tin petrol cans, embossed with with manufacturers name and usually the price in shillings for the fuel. The cans are stripped, polished and lacquered, 32cm high x 24cm wide x 14cm deep.


1930s LADIES & GENTLEMEN signs 1930s LADIES & GENTLEMEN signs

polished steel cinema toilet signs, fitted with new bulbholders and re-wired with period style flex. Each sign 54cm wide x 31cm high x 10cm deep.




1950s advertising posters 1950s advertising posters
original unused 1950s posters advertising Woman Magazine, by Odhams Press, 76cm x 51cm


1950s advertising poster 1950s advertising poster
unused 1950s Odhams Press poster advertising Illustrated Magazine, 76cm x 51cm


vintage bus blind sign panel vintage bus blind sign panel

A Milton Keynes bus blind. mounted onto 6mm ply, 106cm wide x 37cm high




1930s library ladder 1930s library ladder

A nicely worn wooden library ladder, 217cm high




1950s French prints 1950s French prints

framed 1950s French prints of dancing couples, set of three, each frame 30cm high x 24cm wide