A Finely Detailed & Ornate French Silver Plated Jewellery Casket sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles From an offprint of Archaeologia-

From an offprint of Archaeologia- The Journal of the Society of Antiquaries published in 1907 (second series volume X) 'The Cistercian Abbey of Stanley

A wonderfully creative adaptation is this silver photo frame originally made as a desk top calendar by W J Myatt & Co in 1931

the Indian and Marsh Crocodile

The beauty of these weavings is primarily why many are attracted to Torkaman pieces

The pleasingly designed pouch shaped body with a stylized chrysanthemum/fern motif-repeating pattern on crushed velvet

A Finely Detailed & Ornate French Silver Plated Jewellery Casket sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles From an offprint of Archaeologia-Origin: French Period: Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 Height: 4 inches Length: 9 inches Width: 6 inches The lid with a border of intertwining flourishes, with vines, grapes, leaves, and flowerheads, enclosing a central panel composed of six medallions describing mediaeval scenes of beneficent men offering alms to the poor and needy, the medallions themselves created through the use of a single rope twist border, accompanied by