Scarborough
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a view of Scarborough. It was believed to be Dover until identified in 1976. It was painted by an unknown artist in about 1850.
Framed size Height 655mm, ...
Schooner Approaching Harbour
This is an oil painting on a tin tray depicting a schooner with red sails approaching a harbour where other small boats are moored. It was painted by Alfred Wallis who was discovered in Cornwall in 1928 ...
Screwdriver
This wrought-iron screwdriver has beech handle with a brass ferule. At one time it was believed to have been designed as a trade sign, but the screwdriver shows signs of wear through use. It is a London ...
Seated dog weathervane
This weathervane in the shape of a seated terrier dog is made of sheet iron painted white. It is perhaps from the late 19th century. Height 620mm, Length 660mm, Width 50mm
Sheep-shearer's bench
This is an oak and pine bench with a tapering seat, designed for sheep shearing. It has four splayed legs, with a space on the end for hanging shears. It comes from the late 19th century. Height 312mm, ...
Sheep-shears
These iron sheep-shears fit into the end of the sheep-shearer's bench. They are indistinctly stamped: W.P. No 11. They are British and date from the late 19th century. Height 315mm, Width 140mm, Depth ...
Side table - detail
This blue-painted side table has a plank top and two frieze drawers flanking a central cupboard door. They sit on square tapering legs joined by chamfered stretchers. Although the table is painted blue, ...
Side table - front
This blue-painted side table has a plank top and two frieze drawers flanking a central cupboard door. They sit on square tapering legs joined by chamfered stretchers. Although the table is painted blue, ...
Skipton, Yorkshire
This is an oil painting on canvas depicting a view of Skipton, Yorkshire.
There is a painted inscription over the castle gatehouse doorway which is the Latin motto of the Clifford family 'DES OR MAIS' ...
Soldier whirligig
This whirligig, a guardsman in uniform, is made of polychrome pine and metal. The soldier wears a traditional uniform of black trousers and a red jacket with a high collar, white belt and buttons down ...
Soldier, sailor and postman whirligigs
These three whirligigs - a sailor, a soldier and a postman, are British and date from the early 20th century. The term 'whirligig' comes from 'gig', meaning a whipping top, and can be used to describe ...
Solid seat turner's chair
This green-painted chair has a spindle back and turned uprights with finials, on turned legs joined by multiple stretchers. It comes from England's West Country, and dates from the 19th century. Height ...
South View of Fen End Farm
This is a watercolour and ink image of Fen End Farm. We only know the artist's initials, 'M.S.L.' but an inscription in ink along the bottom says 'The South View of Fen End Farm Drawn 20th August 1790'. ...
Square patchwork cushion
This is one of three square patchwork cushions for an early 19th-century beechwood settle with a spindle galleried back and sides, shaped arm supports, a caned seat and square legs. It has a red and white ...
Square patchwork cushion
This is one of three square patchwork cushions for an early 19th-century beechwood settle with a spindle galleried back and sides, shaped arm supports, a caned seat and square legs. It has a red and white ...
Square patchwork cushion
This is one of three square patchwork cushions for an early 19th-century beechwood settle with a spindle galleried back and sides, shaped arm supports, a caned seat and square legs. It has a red and white ...
Square patchwork cushions
This are the three square patchwork cushions for an early 19th-century beechwood settle with a spindle galleried back and sides, shaped arm supports, a caned seat and square legs. They have a red and ...
Staffordshire pottery bull
This is a glazed Staffordshire pottery model of a bull with lowered head, standing before a flowering tree on a grassy mound. The base is edged in blue and white. It comes from Staffordshire, and is probably ...