Montacute House in Somerset has appeared in a number of period dramas including Sense and Sensibility and The Libertine and ...
The centrepiece, also known as an epergne, was made by renowned London silversmith Thomas Pitts in the 18th century. Prices ...
Items, including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne), a pair of French Empire ormolu candelabra, a pewter mug and plate, plus several items of porcelain were stolen from Montacute ...
The items taken from the Elizabethan house date back to the early 19th century, including a pewter tankard from 1850 and ...
The items stolen were a treasured part of the collection, in particular the epergne which was commissioned by Edward Phelips ...
Photograph of a pewter pap boar for infant feeding. The item was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1919 and accessioned in 1942 (accession numbers R154/1942). It is not ...
“Items, including a silver dining-room table centrepiece (an epergne), a pair of French Empire ormolu candelabra, a pewter mug and plate, plus several items of porcelain were stolen from Montacute ...
Then they drink a toast of port, served in an 18th-century pewter bowl. Tradition requires the Chief Yeoman Warder to toast all new recruits with the words ‘may you never die a Yeoman Warder’.
Connecticut during the 18th and 19th century. The mold is for a Hanoverian type rattail spoon, with a stem that widens gradually toward its curved finial and then turns upward. The pewter spoon is ...
Certain antique firearms, especially those from the 18th or 19th century, are collectible ... especially those with hand-painted designs or pewter lids, are valuable. Vintage beer signs featuring ...