A Delightful Black Japanned Toleware Container; ‘Gunpowder’ c.1890

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A Delightful Black Japanned Toleware Container; ‘Gunpowder’ c.1890Origin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 8. 5 Width: 5. 25 Depth: 3. 75 The charmingly decorative black japanned toleware container of oval form, having a circular final with brass swing handle, hinged lid with catch and heart shaped padlock with key, to a sign written italic script label reading Gun Powder in ivory, opening to reveal a fueling nozzle and cover, survives from late nineteenth century

the pile fine wool

The brass castors are original

In its heyday the company was known to all science teachers world-wide as one of the two "first-call" suppliers for the peculiar needs of school science

with singles being found more often

rapidly became a permanent piece of tableware

The world's finest collection of fairground art was amassed in the 1960s and 1970s by Lord and Lady Bangor when it was generally undervalued and underpriced

the whole remaining very decorative and essentially sound

a Swiss count who arrived in London in 1708

most likely of an ancient example

One chair has a repair to one of its front legs and a small area of loss to the front moulding

The picture has not been restored or cleaned and there are extensive losses and damages with the picture apparently unsigned

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