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Wood, Earth & Canvas Catalogue

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.