a small pair of antique folk art mantlepiece brass boots thomas huntley wood whose bearded

thomas huntley wood whose bearded face appeared on millions of cigarette packets for over 50 years

today the plant is becoming rare in Nigeria

a small antique african efik hand embossed brass dish from old calabar

dennis townsend was first apprenticed to rye pottery in 1947

115mm x 115mm diameter

a small pair of antique folk art mantlepiece brass boots thomas huntley wood whose beardeda small pair of antique folk art mantlepiece brass boots. height 85mm during the victorian era it was fashionable to collect small shoes. boots and shoes were given as love tokens, this pair of brass boots share the same sentiment and were probably made by a suitor and designed to sit pride of place on the parlour mantlepiece. the tradition of giving love tokens is centuries old and was particularly popular amongst rural and maritime communities. love