1.Jug and Basin Set
Verwood Pottery
Dorset c. 1930
2.Elm Blanket Box, c. 1820
3.Oak Table Box, c. 1680-1720

The scratch decoration and black staining is typical of
chests and boxes from Dorset and to a lesser extent,
Wiltshire. They mostly date from the late 17th and early
18th centuries.
4.Cornish Smuggling Document, dated 1787
5.Boarded Oak Table Box, dated 1718
6.Early 16th Centiry Oak Panel, c. 1530
7.Bronze Skillet
Jasper Westcott
Bristol, c. 1780-1810
8.Cast Iron Fire Back
1631

This cast iron fire back, dated 1631, bears the arms of
the Company of Barber-Surgeons of Exeter.
The technical blazon of the arms is quarterly sable and
argent, in the first and fourth quarters a chevron
between three fleams argent, in the second and third
quarters a rose barbed and seeded proper and regally
crowned.
9.Joined Oak Gateleg Table, c. 1690-1720
10.Pair of Low Back Windsor
Chairs,
c. 1820

This pair of low back Windsor chairs have three part
arms, which is typical of West Country construction.
This is the only part of England where this is found.
They were probably made in the Plymouth area.
Their provenance is from Black hall, Avonswick, the home
of the Cornish-Bowden family.
The green paint is the same shade as many other Windsor
chairs of this period. They have probably been in the
same house since they were made, and show very little
wear on the feet.
11.Small Painted Settle,
early
19th century

A small curved high back settle made in cherry wood with
oak slab ends and seat.
The paintwork is probably original. This type of
construction is typical of the South West.
It was purchased from a farm in the South Hams area of
Devon some years ago, and has probably been there since
it was made in the the early part of the 19th century.
12.Late Gothic Plank and
Muntin,
St. Mary,
Bishops Lydeard, c 1500-1530

This plank and muntin carved with Gothic tracery and
polychrome decoration, originally graced the front of a
pew, in the cross passage of the church of St. Mary,
Bishops Lydeard.
One section of the pews were removed in the 19th
century.
St. Mary, Bishop's Lydeard, has a tower of the Taunton
group, which is the one of the earliest of that type,
built c. 1450.
13.Brass Skillet
Peter Llewellin
Bristol
14.Joined Oak Coffer,
late
17th century

This joined oak coffer was made between 1680 and 1700.
The framed lid and deep top rail indicate a West Country
origin, probably in Devon.
15.Hoop Back Windsor
Armchair,
West Cornwall
1840-1850

Made of sycamore, ash and beech in West Cornwall,
between 1840 and 1850.
16.Come-Back Backstool, Somerset, late 18th century
17.Bridgwater
Earthenware Jug
1854

This jug commemorates the Bridgwater Exhibition of 1854.
It is inscribed with the owner's name, 'M. Luttrell.'
Its height is 8 inches, and there is some chipping and
wear to the glaze.
18.Donyatt Earthenware
Money Box
1871

This earthenware money box is inscribed with its
original owner's name, 'Alice G. Summers 1871.'
The motto reads, 'Keep within compass and you shall be
sure to avoid many troubles which others endure.'
It was made by Rodgers Pottery Donyatt, somerset in
1871.
Its height is 7 inches and there's some minor chipping
and glaze flaking.
19.Pottery Food Storage
Jar,
Cornwall, mid 19th century

This food storage jar was made in Cornwall around the
middle of the 19th century, probably in Truro.
Its lovely old surface retains much of its original late
19th century painted decoration.
Its height is 10½ inches.
20.Donyatt Earthenware
Drinking Jug,
Donyatt,
Somerset 1900-1910

This drinking jug is painted with a design of wild
yellow toadflax.
It was made and decorated at Donyatt, Somerset between
1900 and 1910.
Its height is 6 ½ inches, and there is typical flaking
to the paint. |