Antique Collection

Bedpans, drug jars, eye baths and shaving bowls are just a few of the mundane household ceramics that have survived the centuries.
Relatively few everyday ceramic items for personal use — ranging from pap-boats for feeding the sick to discreetly shaped chamber pots for women to use in church or when travelling — have survived to [...]

Although not as plentiful in the salerooms as other classes of antiques and with few specialist auctions, glass has a unique appeal and offers surprising scope at modest prices.
Glass has magical quality born of its transition during manufacture from sand and other minerals to vessels of transparent delicacy. Barring breakage, scouring pads or dishwashers, it [...]