Hare and Hounds
This is an oil painting of a hunting scene on a japanned tin tray. It was painted by an artist of the English Provincial School and dates from about 1860. Size of tray Height 548mm, Width 708mm.
Hatter's sign
This is a tole peintre [painted sheet metal] hatter's sign, shaped as a top hat. It probably dates from the late 19th century. Height 240mm, Length 380mm, Width 290mm
High Street, Musselburgh, Scotland
This is an oil painting on paper which is lined (backed) onto canvas and depicts a view of the High Street in Musselburgh, Scotland. There is a signature and date in the bottom right corner of the canvas ...
High-back settle
This winged settle is made of painted pine. It has a slightly curved outline, with a plank back and shaped ends extending to the feet. It comes from England's West Country and dates from the early 19th ...
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a coach, buildings and trees, and with initials I.P. and J.F. on the side. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency ...
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and a manor house. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency highlights the decoration, ...
Horn beaker
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and various buildings, including an inn, with a leaf design around the rim. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and ...
Horn beaker - rotation 1
This tapered beaker is decorated with a scene of a coach and a gentleman riding his horse, with buildings beyond. This type of beaker had the advantage of being light, washable, and inexpensive. Its transparency ...
Horn beakers - four examples
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Beaker with a coach and a gentleman riding his horse, with buildings beyond
Beaker with a coach and various buildings, including an inn, and a leaf design around the rim
Beaker with a ...
In the Lion's Den
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a circus trainer in a travelling cage with a lion, a tiger and three liger cubs. Ligers are the offspring of lions and tigers, which only mate together in captivity. ...
Irish Windsor armchair
This is a red-painted ash chair with a perched curved bar, toprail and arms raised on front supports. It has a solid seat and four splayed legs. It comes from Ireland and dates from the 19th century. ...
Jockey on a Bay Racehorse
This is an oil painting on panel depicting a jockey on a bay racehorse. The artist was from the English Provincial School and dates from about 1830. Framed size Height 366mm, Width 472mm, Depth 25mm.
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Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire
This is a watercolour of an important archaeological excavation at Kirkdale Cave in Yorkshire. It is by an artist of the English School and dates from about 1824. On the reverse an inscription reads 'The ...
Lamp base
This is a cylindrical lantern with a glazed hinged door on the front. Above this is a pierced chimney with domed top. It has been placed on a later wood plinth and adapted as a table lamp. It comes from ...
Lamp base
This is a tapering cylindrical brass water-can which has been adapted as a table lamp. The maker's name is stamped on the body opposite the handle: DEPOSE E.B. PARIS, FRANCE. It is dated around 1900. ...
Lifeboat model
This is a polychrome painted wooden model of a lifeboat in a glass display case. There is a painted backdrop of a seascape, and the lifeboat is on a carriage with its sails set.
This is English and ...
Lifeboat model - detail of interior
Polychrome wood model of a lifeboat with sails set, on a carriage, within a glazed display case. A painted seascape backdrop.
Height 465mm, Width 610mm, Depth 310mm
Early 20th century. England.
Lifeboat model - detail of wheel
Polychrome wood model of a lifeboat with sails set, on a carriage, within a glazed display case. A painted seascape backdrop.
Height 465mm, Width 610mm, Depth 310mm
Early 20th century. England.