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Welcome to another 'Blog Post Monday'!

This week I'm going to be talking about one of my more gruesome recent finds.  As a dealer, I've owned a set of silver teeth, what I thought was a prosthetic sterling silver finger tip and now... a prosthetic glass eye...!  Yes, an eye...  Excuse the pun, but I have had an eye on finding an antique glass eye for some time now, don't ask me why...

Anyway, the long and the short of it is that I found one in an antiques centre in Sheffield recently and with a fascination for the weird, the wonderful and the grotesque, I thought I'd dedicate this week's blog post to this little glass eye.

So, as always, get that kettle on, maybe put lunch on hold for a while and join me as we delve into the fascinating world of antique eye prosthesis...

Ahoy there! Welcome to another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'.

This week I stumbled across a little item that was labelled up as an "unusual flask", but I was sure I'd seen something similar before...  I raked through my brain and bingo, I remembered...! It's a damn 'Muff Warmer' I thought! I liked it's shape, the little handle and if you've got a muff, you could probably still make use of this today, so I bought it.  With it being such a fabulous invention, I thought I'd dedicate this week's blog post to it.

So, as always, get that kettle on, get your muffs out and let's see if we can't warm them up with this wonderful little invention which has evolved over time...

Ahoy there and a very happy new year to you all!  Thanks for joining me for the first instalment of 'Blog Post Monday' in 2022!

A new year must surely begin with a new find and a rather fascinating one at that...  A piece of memorabilia to commemorate a man, a soldier who some call a national hero, an educator, prolific writer, founder, and first Chief Scout, of the world-wide Scout Movement.  That's right, this week's post is about Robert Baden-Powell and a find linked to his involvement in the Second Boer War.

So, for the first time in 2022, get that kettle on, get your woggles out and let's dive into the world of Robert Baden-Powell and find out about this fascinating find of mine...

Welcome, welcome one and all to another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'.

Now, I found an interesting little piece recently which has a connection to a very talented and courageous Woman, who just so happens to have a rather fascinating and mysterious story.  I know how much you all like a bit of a mystery so to that end, I thought I'd share this one with you.

So, as always, get that kettle on, fasten your seat belts and follow the in-flight safety demonstration as we travel back to the 1930's and fly non-stop from London to Australia...

Welcome to yet another instalment of 'Blog Post Monday'.

This week, I thought I'd share with you another fascinating piece.  No word of a lie, this piece makes me feel a little odd when I hold it and I'm not sure why.  It gives me an unusual feeling in the gut.  I don't know if that's from the excitement and the intrigue or whether it's just bringing back memories of all the alcohol I drank at my friend's wedding a few weeks back!!  Either way, if this glass could talk, I have no doubt it would have some amazing stories to tell.

So, as always, get that kettle on and sit on your thrones, as we travel back to the reign of King William IV, to the year 1834 to be more precise, which just so happened to be a rather dramatic year...