Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 December 2012

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Santa has dropped off a whole pile of delightful objects at the Marc Kitchen-Smith Ltd Depot - all perfect for (almost) last-minute Christmas presents!


We have an eclectic range of prints available. These Victorian colour lithographs from an early 20th century children's book are framed up in tulip wood and ready for suitable wall space. These are being sold individually rather than as a set, so shoppers can just choose their favourites!



If you are into 1960's/70's psychedelia, then make sure you put these great fish plates on your Xmas list. They are great fun, and really deserve to be appreciated as pieces of wall art rather than being covered in a Mornay sauce!





We tend to buy old children's toys based primarily on their aesthetics, and so this rocking horse is certainly a good example. Made of beech wood, and dating from the 1950's, it has been constructed to create the most beautiful and graceful lines: minimalist and totally functional.


Traditionally-made, wooden children's toys are immensely popular. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a BIG wooden toy train under it! Or is that just nostalgia? Anyway, it seems most of our customers buying them on a regular basis, are WELL beyond school age, and one particular celebrity chef is using them to decorate his restaurants!


The original owner of this beautiful home-crafted doll's house was a lucky lady indeed. Dating from the late 19th century, this is a simple and elegant piece of folk art. It oozes bags of character, from the scalloped shingle roof, to the carefully fret-worked staircase, making it totally unique and now elevated from toy to a lovely example of country folk art. We suggest it is adored for its decorative qualities, and played with sparingly!



This delightful object is for the 'collector' of all things fine and rare. An exquisitely made Victorian miniature doll's rickshaw. Dating from about 1895, and made of a painted hardwood, it is in superb condition and could well have originated from one of the British Colonies such as India or Hong Kong.


OK, who thinks of Rudolph when they see antlers at Christmas?  This splendid 14pt set of antlers, are ready mounted on an oak plaque, and ready to be hung above the mantlepiece above the stockings. They make the ideal home for your flashing Christmas lights and/or the odd bauble...

 

Browse our stock online or in real life at LASSCO Brunswick House in London or LASSCO Three Pigeons in Oxfordshire.

Merry Christmas!


Saturday, 4 December 2010

At Home for Christmas

Our last stock delivery of 2010 is imminent - we've been transporting some lovely new loot up to our showroom at LASSCO's Brunswick House for the last couple of weeks and a whole heap of parcels of various shapes and sizes will be arriving on Wednesday!

The latest additions to our print ranges are these 1920's colour lithographs featuring various modes of transport. They're all framed up and ready to be dropped into a lucky person's stocking (by Santa, naturally).

There's more to festive lighting than fairy lights, as this 1960's desk-lamp proves. Well, perhaps the link is a tiny bit tenuous, but we see a distinct 'Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer' inspiration... This 1960's desk-lamp is currently being rewired and will be gracing the showroom soon.


If you're expecting a crowd over the festive period, it's most important to ensure there are adequate seating arrangements - maybe a few luxuriously upholstered bar stools in fruit pastille-tastic colourways??


These retro teak bar stools have been re-upholstered in vintage velvets by our good friend Sarah Brunner. We're selling them individually, although we like the en masse 'harlequin' look...

Come and visit us at Brunswick House - we are sure to have a delightful object suitable for the delightful people on your gift list!


Saturday, 13 November 2010

Deck the Halls... with Delightful Objects

The search for the perfect Christmas gift is on, and so we've got a Bumper Blog of goodies to tempt you.


This old hotel laundry basket makes a great place to stash your Christmas goodies. After Christmas, give it a new lease of life as a splendid log basket or blanket box for the end of the bed.

Desktop adornment is a great way to amuse and distract the desk-bound worker in your life. We've had quite a few of these mini tin-plate globes in stock in the past, and have got a good selection of mini-globes and larger, more impressive specimens in stock now.


Christmas is, of course, for the children. As everyone knows, the kids are usually just as happy with the boxes the gifts arrive in, so let them amuse themselves with those whilst you admire these rather lovely, traditionally-made wooden toys.





We have plenty more Delightful Objects for sale - happy foraging!

P.S. Our festive banner at the top of this blog is taken from a stash of vintage wrapping paper that we saved from a dedicated recycler! We'll be featuring a few more in our next blog - watch out for Santa delivering presents in his helicopter, his vintage car, and of course the traditional rocket/spaceship...