A very large fireback cast with the arms of George II caught my eye in Sumpter Priddy's booth at the Hospital Show. Despite the coat of arms, it was American, having been cast in the Oxford Foundry...
Great Starter: Banker
This bloated corpulent banker, absorbing all the money he can get into his hand, was an appropriate figure for a mechanical bank. “Sub-prime mortgage, sir, interest only! The best chance you...
The rooster is the symbol of vigilance. One of the most popular forms for weathervanes, its popularity derives from a ninth-century papal decree that church steeples be capped by a rooster to remin...
We were attracted by a couple of bronze spoon-molds, used for making the dog nose, or wavy end, rat-tail spoons fashionable from about 1710 to 1725. Derik Pulito had them at Dorset, and one had a r...