What is a silver vinaigrette used for?

A silver vinaigrette held a sponge soaked in scented vinegar or ammonia salts. People carried these small boxes in pockets or reticules to counter foul odours in public spaces. During the Georgian period, they served as both functional personal accessories and status symbols, often exhibiting intricate pierce-work grilles inside.

How do I identify treen items?

Treen items are identified by their wooden construction, handmade lathe-turned forms, or carved surfaces. They include everyday domestic objects like mortars, pestles, and lemon squeezers. Most pieces display the natural grain of timbers such as fruitwood, boxwood, or oak, showing tool marks from early woodworking techniques.

What distinguishes Tunbridge ware?

Tunbridge ware is distinguished by its mosaic surface decoration created from tiny wood blocks of various natural colours. These geometric or pictorial designs cover boxes, mirrors, and small containers. The technique originated in Kent and required immense patience to arrange thousands of timber segments into intricate patterns.

Were flintlock pistols used in combat?

Flintlock pistols served as personal defence weapons for travellers, officers, and civilians during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They relied on mechanical flint ignition to fire lead ball ammunition. Many surviving examples include pocket-sized overcoat pistols or boxlock variations designed for concealment.

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Georgian collectables span small portable treasures from silver vinaigrettes to flintlock pistols, offering tangible links to eighteenth and nineteenth-century daily life.

Ottoman Flintlock Pistol with French Dumarest Lock, Circa 1800. Silver Parc on Stock. Beautifully Cast Decorated Barrel Also with Gilt Inlay Decoration.

18th century

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Ottoman Flintlock Pistol with French Dumarest Lock, Circa 1800. Silver Parc on Stock. Beautifully Cast Decorated Barrel Also with Gilt Inlay Decoration.

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£850

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18th century

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Flintlock Pistol

From Devonshire Antiques

£1,250

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Rare Georgian Silver Token - Artists Pallett

18th century

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Rare Georgian Silver Token - Artists Pallett

From Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

£275

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19th century

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A Pair of Mason’s Ironstone China Salts

From Clive Payne Antiques

£480

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ceramics

Pair of Scottish, Silver Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Meyer & Mortimer.

19th century

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Pair of Scottish, Silver Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Meyer & Mortimer.

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£4,500

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18th century

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Georgian Tortoiseshell & Gold Snuff Box

From William Rand Antiques

£170

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Rare Antique Solid Silver Palm Pattern Spoon

19th century

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Rare Antique Solid Silver Palm Pattern Spoon

From The Silver Cabinet

£170

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Late 18th / Early 19th Century Papier Maché Snuff Shoe

1900 - 1920

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Late 18th / Early 19th Century Papier Maché Snuff Shoe

From Quiet Street Antiques of Bath

£185

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Treen, Tobacco Interest, a Set of a Mahogany Coopered Pipe Stand and Its Coopered Mahogany Tobacco Box.

19th century

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Treen, Tobacco Interest, a Set of a Mahogany Coopered Pipe Stand and Its Coopered Mahogany Tobacco Box.

From Koos Limburg Jnr. Scotland

£350

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19th century

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Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup Game

From Digby Antiques (Wiltshire)

£140

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Listings feature eighteenth and nineteenth-century periods, utilising materials from sterling silver and porcelain to tortoiseshell, walnut, and enamel.

George III Antique Silver Babies Rattle, Joseph Taylor 1816

18th century

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George III Antique Silver Babies Rattle, Joseph Taylor 1816

From Highland Antiques Ltd

£695

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18th century

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A Georgian Treen Searce

From Opus Antiques

£335

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George IV Model of a Muzzle Loaded Field Gun

19th century

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George IV Model of a Muzzle Loaded Field Gun

From Hatchwell Antiques

£4,800

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A Flintlock Officer’s Pistol by Dutton, London Proof Marks, Circa 1780, 16 Bore.

18th century

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A Flintlock Officer’s Pistol by Dutton, London Proof Marks, Circa 1780, 16 Bore.

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£1,250

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18th century

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A Double Barrel Flintlock Sporting Gun

From Hansord Antiques

£5,400

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Pair of Rimes, C1760 English Flintlock Turn-off Pistols Signed by John Rimes, London.

18th century

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Pair of Rimes, C1760 English Flintlock Turn-off Pistols Signed by John Rimes, London.

From Peter Harris Clocks & Militaria

£2,200

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Georgian Collectables

Ottoman Flintlock Pistol with French Dumarest Lock, Circa 1800. Silver Parc on Stock. Beautifully Cast Decorated Barrel Also with Gilt Inlay Decoration.

Flintlock Pistol

Rare Georgian Silver Token - Artists Pallett

A Pair of Mason’s Ironstone China Salts

Pair of Scottish, Silver Flintlock Pocket Pistols by Meyer & Mortimer.

Georgian Tortoiseshell & Gold Snuff Box

Rare Antique Solid Silver Palm Pattern Spoon

Late 18th / Early 19th Century Papier Maché Snuff Shoe

Treen, Tobacco Interest, a Set of a Mahogany Coopered Pipe Stand and Its Coopered Mahogany Tobacco Box.

Treen Bilboquet - Ball & Cup Game

George III Antique Silver Babies Rattle, Joseph Taylor 1816

A Georgian Treen Searce

George IV Model of a Muzzle Loaded Field Gun

A Flintlock Officer’s Pistol by Dutton, London Proof Marks, Circa 1780, 16 Bore.

A Double Barrel Flintlock Sporting Gun

Pair of Rimes, C1760 English Flintlock Turn-off Pistols Signed by John Rimes, London.

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