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Beswick Cattle Figurines

Cattle are currently the most popular type of Beswick figurine, particularly among farming communities and butchers. Large, impressive bulls can command values of up to £2,000.

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17th March 2010

Micromosaic

Just like today's holiday-makers, 19th century tourists brought home souvenirs of their travels for friends and family. Italy was a favorite destination and visitors to the country might well return from it with jewelry, snuffboxes or even furniture decorated with micromosaics...

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13th March 2010

Pincushions

Needlework was seen as a fashionable and virtuous hobby for a lady during the 18th and 19th century and this, coupled with the interest in extravagant design, resulted in a wide range of pincushions...

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12th March 2010

A Closer Look at a Basketball Card

Basketball was a much less important sport in the late 1940s and 1950s than it is today. This meant that when sets were printed at all, they were printed in much smaller quantities than baseball cards and many of famous players...

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10th March 2010

George Davidson & Co.'s Cloud Glass

Due to the random nature of the trailing process, each piece is unique, and consequently cloud glass is appreciated as an inexpensive type of art glass. It was introduced in 1923 by George Davidson & Co. (founded in 1867 in Gateshead, UK). The idea was never patented, and so...

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8th March 2010

SylvaC

The most popular SylvaC pieces are from their famous animal range, particularly rabbits and dogs (of which the most collected is the ‘Terrier’). The first rabbits were made in the early 1930s, after one of the partners, Richard Hull saw a similar model in France and immediately...

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5th March 2010