Large Italian Alabaster Birdbath with Carved Doves

Large Italian Alabaster Birdbath with Carved DovesA vintage carved alabaster birdbath. The bowl sits on a sturdy pedestal with a square plinth base, its rim carved in overlapping petal or leaf forms. Four birds perch around the edge, each carved separately in a paler, whiter marble that sits in gentle contrast to the warm honey and grey veined body below. Likely late 19th to early 20th century, circa 18801920. Condition: The alabaster body presents with good age appropriate patina and warm honey

J & G Meakin Blue Nordic plates

hinting at a careful collector who knew exactly what they had

The Great Sea Fight of Belle Isle

Dimensions: 6cm H x 8

Dimensions: 13cm H x 8cm W

Condition: very good - light age wear

A charming set of six vintage napkin rings featuring pierced (reticulated) detailing and petite bows affixed to each side

Still bearing its original Relpo foil sticker

They were originally school teaching charts and are a thick paper

Made by William Adams & Co

it has traditionally been fashioned into a trumpet by removing the spire or apex

dating to the 1890s