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If you have a collection or old item that needs attention please contact me .

07/08/2026

Shout out - if you have an old piece that you no longer want and needs restoration , let me know , I may take it on as a project .

This little Walnut Bookcase come up really well . Good to go for another 80 years or so .
07/08/2026

This little Walnut Bookcase come up really well . Good to go for another 80 years or so .

This old bookcase has been a fun little project. The worst parts done , just the final touches to go .
05/08/2026

This old bookcase has been a fun little project. The worst parts done , just the final touches to go .

Um , they did not look this big in the photos . Just collected couple new projects to work on .
31/07/2026

Um , they did not look this big in the photos . Just collected couple new projects to work on .

This is a working model of a Civil War Napoleon cannon that was exported and distributed in the US by Connecticut Valley...
05/07/2026

This is a working model of a Civil War Napoleon cannon that was exported and distributed in the US by Connecticut Valley Arms (CVA) mostly in the 1970s, and was made in both .69 and .75 calibers. Both were the same overall size with the same carriage, only differing in the bore size. The .69 and .75 at least were, as far as I know, only sold in kit form (a finished machined kit that only required simple assembly). CVA sold a wide variety of black powder replicas including some other cannon kits (probably all from Spain), but these were apparently the largest of the imported cannons.

This one actually dates from the mid-1980s . The markings clearly identify this as a very late-production example as they are (as far as I know) some type of proof marks, and include a serial number. The earlier 1970s models did not have any such markings, and were only marked with some combination of "black powder only", "Spain", maybe "Jukar" or "Dikar", and maybe the caliber. Due to increasing regulation I assume (probably required by new import laws, etc), only the later ones have those markings and full serial numbers. The "Traditions" models also have the same full serial numbering and proof marks. So, this example is presumably of better quality than the earlier ones (or at least the quality control was better?)
In saying that it’s hard to decipher the serial number possibly FKA 17890 CA . ?
Assuming that everything is in good shape with no obvious issues with the barrel integrity, it should be usable for at least salute charges, as long as instructions regarding appropriate charges and firing procedures are followed.

The pedestal I got for $35 and the old bed ends free . Best to use old timbers that can be recycled. Silky oak is a beau...
27/06/2026

The pedestal I got for $35 and the old bed ends free . Best to use old timbers that can be recycled. Silky oak is a beautiful timber once dressed and done in a satin varnish.

This is the next project, to take this idea and improve on the concept . I have the helmet just need to make the stand w...
27/06/2026

This is the next project, to take this idea and improve on the concept . I have the helmet just need to make the stand which will be out of silky oak timber .

Here is one for those with a green thumb .The Gardeners Kalendar (1743) is the 6th edition of a foundational 18th-centur...
20/05/2026

Here is one for those with a green thumb .

The Gardeners Kalendar (1743) is the 6th edition of a foundational 18th-century horticultural guide by English botanist Philip Miller. It provides month-by-month instructions for maintaining kitchen, fruit, and pleasure gardens, and includes detailed accounts of when to propagate and harvest various plants.

The 1743 Edition at a GlanceAuthor: Philip Miller, F.R.S. (head gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden)Publisher: J. Rivington, Octavo, featuring 333 pages and an engraved frontispiece. It was one of the most widely read, authoritative gardening manuals of the Enlightenment era, influencing both European and American estates.

The edition systematically broke down gardening into three core areas:Kitchen-Gardens: Seasonal guidelines for growing esculent plants (vegetables and herbs) and fruits.Fruit-Gardens: Proper timing for planting, pruning, and managing orchards.Pleasure-Gardens: Care instructions for ornamental shrubs, bulbs, and trees.

This book was in need of repairs and has had a sympathetic restoration with full respine on original boards and covers. Beautiful work by Master Book Binder Roger Perry . Who by the way has been binding books for longer then I have been alive at 65 years .

Sangorski & Sutcliffe is a firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most imp...
15/05/2026

Sangorski & Sutcliffe is a firm of bookbinders established in London in 1901. It is considered to be one of the most important bookbinding companies of the 20th century, famous for its luxurious jeweled bindings that used real gold and precious stones in their book covers.

History
Sangorski & Sutcliffe was established by Francis Sangorski (1875–1912) and George Sutcliffe (1878–1943). They had met in 1896 at a bookbinding evening class taught by Douglas Cockerell at the London County Council's Central School of Arts and Crafts.

In 1898, Sangorski and Sutcliffe each won one of the ten annual craft scholarship awards, giving them £20 a year for three years to continue their training as apprentice bookbinders. They were employed at Cockerell's own bindery, and began to teach bookbinding at Camberwell College of Art. They were laid off in 1901 after a coal strike caused an economic slump, and they decided to set up on their own in a rented attic in Bloomsbury, starting on 1 October 1901. They soon moved to Vernon Place, and then, in 1905, to Southampton Row.

Sangorski's elder brother, Alberto Sangorski (1862–1932),worked for the firm. He became an accomplished calligrapher and illuminator, working for Rivière from 1910.

They quickly revived the art of jewelled bookbindings, decorating their sumptuous multi-colour leather book bindings with gold inlay and precious and semi-precious jewels. They were commissioned to create a most luxurious binding of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the front cover of which was adorned with three golden peacocks with jewelled tails and surrounded by heavily tooled and gilded vines, that was sent on the ill-fated RMS Titanic in 1912. The book, known as the Great Omar, sank with the ship and has not been recovered. Shortly afterwards, in July 1912, Sangorski drowned at Selsey Bill on the south coast of England.

Sutcliffe continued the firm, which became recognised as one of the leading bookbinders in London. The bindery moved to Poland Street, and managed to survive through the First World War, the Great Depression, the Second World War, and post-war austerity. In this period, it undertook work for the Ashendene Press, Golden Cockerel Press and the J. & E. Bumpus bookshop. It also created miniature books for Queen Mary's Dolls' House.

After Sutcliffe suffered a stroke in 1936, he entrusted the business to his nephew, Stanley Bray (1907–1995), who had worked for his uncle since 1926. The company merged with HT Woods in 1939, bringing Kenneth Hobson to the firm. He introduced a more modern style of binding. Bray inherited the company on Sutcliffe's death in 1943. The firm merged again in 1988, joining with Zaehnsdorf's bindery in Bermondsey (established by Joseph Zaehnsdorf in 1842).

A second copy of the Omar Khayyam was bound as World War II broke out and this was placed in a bank safe vault for safe keeping, but enemy bombing destroyed the vault and the second copy. Stanley Bray, after his retirement, made a third version of the binding using the original design; this is now in the British Library.

This edition of The Complete Angler by Izaak Walton is a part of that history.

Flammarion-Vaillant (or E. Flammarion & A. Vaillant) was a significant early 20th-century French publishing and bookbind...
10/05/2026

Flammarion-Vaillant (or E. Flammarion & A. Vaillant) was a significant early 20th-century French publishing and bookbinding partnership, particularly known for high-quality bindings and illustrated calendars in the 1920s. It is connected to the renowned Ernest Flammarion publishing house, often collaborating on illustrated works, catalogs, and fine book bindings (reliures) The "Flammarion-Vaillant" signature is found on luxury or semi-luxury bindings (such as demi-maroquin) from the early 20th century. Jean Vaillant ran the binding workshop (atelier) and was related to the Flammarion publishing family. They produced illustrated weekly magazines (like Le Bon Journal) and monthly, specialized catalogues. Items bearing this signature, often described as "Art Deco" or early 1900s French style, are now considered collectible, high-quality ephemera.
This book is from Barry Humphries Australian Actor aka Dame Edna Everage, this edition valued at $3500

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