Mantel

November 21, 2008

There are seven – count ‘em – seven “Pabst” pieces on Ebay right now and I wonder about how loosely the name is being bandied about for anything that resembles the style that he worked in.
British architect Bruce Talbert’s influential “Gothic Forms“, published in 1867, influenced many a maker at the time, including some to [...]

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Collecting Victorian-Era Clocks

August 10, 2008

The world of Victorian antique furniture seems a bit slow right now so I thought I’d post a bit about another niche of collecting – clocks. To be honest, I use these clocks more for effect than for timekeeping. Who wants to wind a clock every week for the rest of [...]

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