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The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge
The Burning of the Vauxhall Railway Station, seen from Battersea-Bridge, 1856. ‘…a sudden alarm of fire arose, and the same instant it was discovered that a small ante-room adjoining the booking-office, and occupied by the clerk in charge, was in flames. In a very few moments the fire had extended to the booking office itself; and so remarkably rapid was its progress that the officials present, so far from being able to stay its ravages, were compelled to make a hasty retreat…the fire travelled with the rapidity ot electricity, seizing upon the whole of the offices, then extending to the ticket depots, and finally seizing upon the roof of the station; and burning both upwards and downwards, it assumed such a formidable aspect as to convince everyone that the entire station was doomed to be wholly destroyed…[fortunately] not a single person was injured’. -
The Four Stages of Cruelty after William Hogarth. A set of four copper-engraved prints
The Four Stages of Cruelty after William Hogarth. A set of four copper-engraved prints
The social epidemic of wanton cruelty. Framed with gold slip -
Pair of Archibald Knox ‘Brunhild’ pots,
Pair of Archibald Knox ‘Brunhild’ pots,
manufactured by Carter & Co for retail by Liberty & Co. Terracotta. -
British Dogs 1882 – Dachshunds,
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British Dogs 1882 – Irish Water Spaniel
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A George IV carved slate sundial plate,
A George IV carved slate sundial plate,
marked with hours and the Zodiac calendar, with two bronze gnomons, signed and dated; with an old lichen covered patina; the reverse carved with the same calibrations- presumably a first effort deemed inaccurate, -
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (23sqm ex Shepherd’s Bush)
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (23sqm ex Shepherd’s Bush)
Condition: grey patina with some variety according to border in original context, pleasantly weathered with dints and scratches commensurate with age, surface nail holes but solid and uniform boards – good straight grain. 165mm wide -
Reclaimed 5 3/4″ pine floorboards (12sqm ex Tooting)
Reclaimed 5 3/4″ pine floorboards (12sqm ex Tooting)
Condition: grey patina, pleasantly weathered with dints and scratches commensurate with age, surface nail holes but solid and uniform boards – good straight grain. 145mm wide -
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (8.7sqm ex Walthamstow)
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (8.7sqm ex Walthamstow)
Condition: pewter patina, pleasantly weathered with dints and scratches commensurate with age, surface nail holes but solid and uniform boards – good straight grain. 165 to 175mm wide – lay coursed or trim as needed; -
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (6.5sqm ex Barnes)
Reclaimed 6 1/2″ pine floorboards (6.5sqm ex Barnes)
Square edge boards – formerly biscuit jointed – the edge could be re-laid with fresh biscuit joints . Distress and losses to the lower (thinner) flange of the edges – being thicker boards the upper flange has enough integrity to lay as per square-edged. Condition: pewter patina, pleasantly worn with dints and scratches commensurate with age, surface nail holes but solid and uniform – good straight grain. 165mm wide; lengths across the batch: four at 3m, at least one other at 2m but the rest mostly shorts [35mm thick], (the shortness and thickness is reflected in the price). A useful bale of project timber. -
A pair of Art Deco copperlight glazed mahogany doors,
A pair of Art Deco copperlight glazed mahogany doors,
the single long copperlight glazed panels over short recessed panels, ‘PRIVATE’ in gold lettering to the front of each leaf, the reverse painted in cream, pine timber cut into the bottom corners where pin-hinge shoes would have been fitted, later cut for butt hinges, -
Pair of Victorian terracotta tazza urns,
Pair of Victorian terracotta tazza urns,
mid-nineteenth century, with stiff-leaf rims and gadrooned body, on waited socle and square plinth base. A pair with stock #78661