Christmas Gingerbread and Gingerbread moulds
As Christmas is approaching the smell of spices and Christmas cooking is in the air gingerbread springs to mind and antique gingerbread...
Collecting Antique String Boxes
Antique treen string boxes were made in various shapes and sizes. In the 19th century no shop counter would be complete without a large...
Antique treen Apothecary Jars- a rare find
Antique treen apothecary jars or drug jars are hard to find. Mainly they were made in pottery or glass. Usually a label is stuck on to...
Antique Welsh Cawl Spoons
Having just bought a small collection of antique treen Welsh Cawl Spoons I've been inspired to write an article on them. Firstly what is...
Antique Brighton Buns
By Brighton Buns I don't mean the edible type but rather clever folding candlesticks used by explorers from the Canadian Frontier in the...
Antique Parquetry Tunbridge Ware Boxes
I have just bought an early 19th century antique treen Tunbridgeware box. When you look at the lid of this box its fascinating.The lid is...
Top ten tips for looking after antique treen
I'm often asked how to look after antique treen wooden items, to protect the lovely natural shine and colour of the surfaces built up...
Spoons Glorious Spoons
Antique treen spoons come in all sorts of sizes but basically there were two bowl shapes circular and oval. They are the earliest of our...
I'm Asked So Often On Pieces Of Treen To Identify The Different Woods, So I Decided To Try And H
The other day I bought a box of specimen wood samples which would have been taken around the large country estates for people to choose...
What was the purpose of the antique tea caddy ?
Tea caddies were made in many shapes and sizes and from a variety of materials ranging from wood and silver to tortoiseshell and mother...
