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Probate Valuations Middlesbrough – Teesside

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Probate Valuations Ingleby Barwick – Teesside

We offer probate valuation service in all Teesside areas including – Middlesbrough Moorsholm Norton Nunthorpe Redcar Seamer Skelton In Cleveland Skinningrove Slapewath Stainton Staithes Stillington Stockton On Tees Stokesley ITG Provide probate valuations in accordance with HMRC guidelines. Probate Read more [...]

Probate Valuations Billingham – Teesside

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Home Made Treasures

The Museum of Childhood in Perth is part of the Edith Cowan University and houses Australia's most comprehensive collection of childhood heritage comprising approximately 16,000 items. It includes extensive collections of children's toys, costume, books, furniture, school materials and domestic items. Read more [...]

Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Island Children’s Book Illustrations

Bugarri-gap balangngan-ji nganka inyjunda jayida in dreams ancestral stories are told to us1 Children's book illustration is traditionally categorised as craft, a specialised medium, targeting the younger audience - mainly those up to twelve years old. Although often stylised and cartoonish, children's Read more [...]

Mrs Chisolm’s Federation Dress

Australians greeted Federation with a mixture of solemnity and frivolity. In the days leading up to Commonwealth Day, 1 January 1901, tens of thousands of people from across New South Wales packed their bags and boarded trains, boats and buggies bound for Sydney to enjoy the week of Federation festivities. Read more [...]

The Duke of York Baskets

George III's second son, Frederick Augustus, born in 1763, was created Duke of York in 1784. Although he served most of his life in the British army, the Duke had a passion for silver and left staggering debts when he died in January 1827. Soon after his death, the Duchess of York approached Christie's Read more [...]

Japanese Antiques Online Valuations & Appraisals

The word mingei, an acronym derived from minshuteki kogei, meaning 'people's art', was first coined in 1925 by art critic and philosopher, Soetsu Yanagi. It was introduced at a time when many Japanese intellectuals were reacting against the overwhelming cultural inroads of intensive industrialisation Read more [...]

And the Gods Honour Him

In the first half of the 5th century BC the renowned ancient Greek poet Pindar wrote a number of odes commemorating victorious Olympic athletes. In one example he remarked: For if any man delights in expense and toil And sets in action high gifts shaped by the gods, And with him his destiny Plants Read more [...]

Black Parlour Aprons

There is increasing interest in decorated textiles made or worn by women in colonial Australia. South Australia in particular is a rich source of such material, especially of decorated aprons. These attract considerable interest, not only as examples of the needlework of nineteenth-century women but Read more [...]