H is for Home Harbinger

Here are some of our favourite recent purchases – picked up at auction & flea markets over the past couple of weeks.

Items range from a 19th century country Windsor chair to 1970s alarm clock. There’s some lovely pottery including a large Arabia plate and 1950s handpainted pieces by Glyn Colledge. Also a nice selection of vintage kitchenalia and the best child’s sewing machine we’ve ever come across! For a full listing see below.

1. antique stickback Windsor chair
2. Campden Pottery dish decorated with an incised cockerel figure
3. child’s 1950s Vulcan sewing machine
4. trio of 1970s T G Green tea, coffee & sugar containers
5. aluminium measuring cup
6. wooden perpetual desk calendar
7. Hornsea Pottery owl mug
8. large Arabia plate designed by Raija Uosikkinen
9. hand painted Glyn Colledge/Langley Pottery vase
10. lemon yellow alarm clock
11. vintage 1950s Tala aluminium flour, sugar and cereal canisters
12. striped pottery oil/vinegar pot
13. handmade Eldfast Hoganas Keramik fish plate
14. hand painted Glyn Colledge/Denby Pottery atomic pin dish
15. atomic, wall mountable wire plant pot holder

We’re hoping to make this a regular post. It will enable us preview items about to hit the shop – and also share with you photos of goodies that might just take that bit longer to be prised away.