Antique Treen Tinder Boxes Not The Best Material To Use To Light Sparks
Antique treen/ wooden tinder boxes are quite rare ...why? Wooden tinder boxes are usually rectangular in shape initially dug out from a...
What are Antique Treen Go to Beds?
Having just bought a collection of antique treen 'Go to beds' I thought I would write a small article on them. Sometimes known as...
What's the Purpose of the Knitting Sheath ?
What's the purpose of a knitting sheath ? Lots of people ask what a knitting sheath is for and as many are such works of art I thought an...
How Did The Cricket Table/stool Get Its Name?
I have just purchased a lovely small three legged table/stool described as a cricket table and decided to find out how the table got its...
The Romance of antique Welsh Love Spoons
There is so much more than first meets the eye with antique Welsh love spoons given by an admirer to a lady as an expression of his...
BBC HOME AND ANTIQUES MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2011 ARTICLE ON ANTIQUE
The new December issue of BBC Home and Antiques has a cracking article on antique nutcrackers with several nutcrackers featured from our...
Rush lights the poor mans candle.....?
What are rush lights is a frequent question that I get asked so here's a simple explanation. They were quite simply a method of lighting...
Antique Treen Pocket Nutmeg Graters
There's a smell of spices in the air at this time of the year with the baking of Christmas cakes, stollen, mince pies, reaching for the...
Where To Buy Antique Treen
The most common question I'm asked is where do you buy your antique treen from, and prior to be becoming a dealer myself I also wondered...
Antique Treen Nutcrackers
nutcrackers Someone asked me the other day whether they could use their Antique Treen Nutcracker for cracking nuts. It's a risk these...
