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HELPFUL HINTS
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An Original Roskopf patent pocket watch, c 1887.
Lever watch with pin-pallet escapement. Dial, case and movement marked "Roskopf Patent, Swiss made", Georges Frederic Roskopf, Switzerland, 1887
This is a later example of the type of watch which Georges Frederic Roskopf (1813-1889) introduced in 1867 as the...
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RARE ANTIQUES
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Once owned by the Sandeman port family were sold off when the estate was sold in 1979
The manor of Ellel was bought by William Preston, former Mayor of Liverpool, in the 1850s. The house at Ellel Grange was built in 1860. When George T R...
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RARE ANTIQUES
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Arts And Crafts Sideboard.
Attributed to ERNEST ARCHIBALD TAYLOR (1874-1951) FOR WYLIE & LOCHHEAD, GLASGOW OAK SIDEBOARD, CIRCA 1900
Scottish cabinetry makers In 1829 Wylie & Lochhead was started by cabinetmakers Robert Wylie and William Lochhead mainly as coffin builders but they quickly became very successful with...