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From another time, these stoneware bottles were filled with hot water and used to warm your feet or your bed (or both!). It's the original hot water bottle used from Victorian times through to the 1950s until flat rubber ones came along. This particular three pint bottle comes in great order with its original stopper in place. It was made by Denby and features a two-tone glaze in cream and brown with relief decoration around the stopper and on the carrying knob. Perfect for the cottage core look, they are stylish decorative objects nowadays and also make reliable door stops.
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Giving a whole lot of 1970's kitschness are these fabulous French shot or small tumbler glasses. Each features a different, colourful horse-drawn carriage illustration - cabriolet, fiacre, caleche, mail coach and cab.
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Neat pair of ex school science lab, glass beakers in graduating sizes, one 250ml and one 100ml. Super little vessels for the bathroom, kitchen or for use as posy vases.
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For a big clustered impact, we have a set of five tall, thin, school science lab, volumetric flasks. These are just perfect for single stems. We love the blue 250ml stamp on each flask, reminding of of their former lives. A lot of fun!
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A pair of ex-school, science lab, conical glass flasks, ready for a more sedate, domestic life as quirky vases perhaps. Their graduated height - one is 300ml, the other 200ml - makes them a breeze to style on a shelf, mantelpiece or sideboard.
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A pair of ex-school, science lab, conical glass flasks, ready for a more sedate, domestic life as quirky vases perhaps. Their graduated height - one is 300ml, the other 200ml - makes them a breeze to style on a shelf, mantelpiece or sideboard.
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Presented as a set of four, we have these original, ex school science lab, glass beakers, used in classroom experiments for measuring and mixing. Sizes are 600ml, 300ml, 250ml and 100ml and they all have a lip for pouring. Use in the kitchen or use as unsual vessels and vases. These would make excellent styling pieces for a teenage bedroom too. Their graduated sizes lends them to being set out in a row.
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Set of three salvaged, science department, 500ml conical glass flasks with narrow necks. Made in Germany, they are fun, nostalgic pieces of glassware, great for quirky styling and unusual storage as they have their original glass stoppers. Use as a clustered set of three for stems or for tall, colourful candles.
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Remember these from your school days in the science lab? Set of three science department, 500ml glass flasks with round bottoms. Made in Germany, they are fun, nostalgic pieces of glassware, great for styling. It might seem obvious to state but because the bases are round, they don't stand up. If you were feeling adventurous, you could create a simple wooden plinth or suspend them by stringing them together and hanging them up.
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Magic lanterns predated the slide projector. With either a candle or latterly a lamp inside to illuminate richly coloured glass slides that were slotted in the side, they brought to life stories, tales of derring-do and great moments in history. The concept dates back to the late 1600s and their appeal continued through to the late 1800s. Early slides were hand-painted but by the 1840s, image transfers were used instead. This set of 18 glass slides in its original box is Victorian. There are 7 large (24cm x 7cm), 1 medium (20.5cm x 6cm) and 10 small (11cm x 3cm) slides in total. The colours and images are still bright and vivid, although there is wear as you might expect. Depicted are mostly witty scenes and they are utterly charming. Sadly we don't have the magic lantern itself but these are such fun and deserve to be admired. They would look splendid mounted in a double-sided frame and hung in a window or presented in a light box.
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This is such a striking piece, not least because of its scale and weight - it's tall and substantial enough to be displayed on the ground. Made by Berthe Wallis, a British potter (1936 - 2019), we believe it dates from the 1970s. A gently tapering, cylindrical form with a pinched, concave band in a teal blue glaze, which is echoed at the rim. Our favourite bit? The small drip! Her painted monogram is on the base.
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A handsome, midcentury, studio pottery plate / dish to be used or admired, or both. Expertly thrown with a well-rendered sgraffito flower pattern on the interior over slip glaze with an unglazed, matt blue charcoal exterior. Signed. Simple and striking, a lovely gift for someone who loves something unique.
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