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M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES & FINE ARTS
www.mfordcreech.com
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'CURIOUSER & CURIOUSER!'
cried Alice.
...'Children yet, the tale to hear,
Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near'....
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Of all the strange things Alice saw in her journey,
the one she remembered most clearly was the White Knight -
the mild blue eyes and kindly smile,
the setting sun gleaming through his hair and shining on his armour
in a blaze of light that quite dazzled her -
as He sang his melancholy song :
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"I’ll tell thee everything I can,
There’s little to relate.
I saw an aged aged man,
A-sitting on a gate.
'Who are you, aged man?' I said,
'and how is it you live?'
His answer trickled through my head
Like water through a sieve...
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'....I sometimes dig for buttered rolls,
Or set limed twigs for crabs;
I sometimes search the grassy knolls
For wheels of Hansom-cabs.
And that’s the way' -
(he gave a wink) -
'By which I get my wealth....
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....And very gladly will I drink
Your Honour’s noble health.'
George III Silver-Mounted Coconut Drinking Goblet
Josiah Snatt, London, 1813
The rim crested with a lion rampant / Fully marked
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Victorian Silver Armorial Wine & Spirits Bottle Stopper
William Hunter, London, 1868
Crest : Borne by the Bouchiers,,
Earls of Ewe and Essex, and the Barons Bouchier
...I heard him then, for I had just
Completed my design
To keep the Menai bridge from rust
By boiling it in wine.
I thanked him much for telling me
The way he got his wealth,
But chiefly for his wish that he
Might drink my noble health."
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As promised, Alice watched the Knight, falling from his horse,
first on one side, then the other, as he rode away -
- to the turn in the wood.
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Carved Figural Screw-Form Boxwood Nutcracker
First Half 19th Century, Continental, modeled as a standing violinist
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Carved & 'Turned Ironwood' & Coquilla Nut Table Nutmeg Grater
England, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Separating into three sections, the lower sections of lignum vitae, and with storage for nuts,
the top much resembling a King's Crown and containing a blue steel grater
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"The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for 'the Crown' :
The Lion beat the Unicorn all round the town.
Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown;
Some gave them plum-cake and drummed them out of town."
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King : `I feel faint - Give me a ham sandwich!’
Fine Pair of George IV King's Hourglass Silver Serving Tongs
(intended for chops, Ham sandwiches, and asparagus)
William Eaton, London, 1826, 9.1oz
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Rare George III Silver Dish Wedge
Peter & William Bateman, London, 1808
Crest : family of Hodgson, Northumberland
(Newcastle Interest)
(place 'neath the platter so the meat juices run to one end -
including Ham - demonstrated at left, by Mutton)
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The Platter for the Meat & Juices
George III Old Sheffield Plate Meat Dish
(Mutton would likely prefer you choose Ham) :
Matthew Boulton, Birmingham, England, c1810-15
Marked verso : Double Suns with faces, and a leaf mark
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And to catch the Splatter from the Platter :
Unusual English Silver Armorial Folding Table Screen
(Ham can be most sticky and syrupy)
the central panel with the arms the motto for Holloway : "A Deo Lux Nostra"
5" High x 21.75" Long / 29 oz.
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...'In a Wonderland they lie,
Dreaming as the days go by,
Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream -
Lingering in the golden gleam -
Life, what is it but a dream?'
....."To all my friends, known and unknown, 'Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year'".
Lewis Carroll, 1871
And may it be filled with a Wonderland of Non-Sense!
Millicent Creech
Caroline Kelly
Keith Rainer
Anna Bearman
- THE END -
(Unless you wish to view the other 'Alice' non-sense catalogs once more) :
(Why are you always too small or too tall?)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(Beware the Jabberwock my son!)
Alice Through The Looking Glass
(Whether Pigs Have Wings!)
The Walrus & The Carpenter
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