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On
offer is a small collection of polished stone ornaments / miniature
vases. These came to me as part of a collection of vintage Cornish
Serpentine stone that I purchased from a local auction. I'm not sure
how old the items are, but would think they date to around the 1980s.
The collection contained some items produced by C & D Pitman, and
Ian Casley, both from The Lizard, Cornwall. Both men are well known
craftsmen who worked with Serpentine. There is no makers name on any
of these items. I'm not a collector of this type of thing so I'll
just describe what I see. If I've missed anything important please
let me know. Please
take a good look at the pictures as they form a large part of the
item description.
The
beautiful highly polished items are in grey,
green, brown or red colour Serpentine stone as pictured. They all
have contrasting markings in shades of charcoal, cream and red. It's
really hard to describe, and it's very beautiful. The
tallest is the fish at about 6cm (2½")
tall.
The heaviest is the dark grey & white piece (possibly a candle
holder?) at about 200gms. The two small square items have a green
felt pad on the bottom.
The
pieces are well made, and look good quality, but sadly some items have damage.
I've tried to mention everything that is wrong. The
largest dark grey & white item (candle holder?) has a small patch
of roughness to the top edge, but it doesn't really notice. The
lighter grey/green vase has 2 small chips at the flared top edge.
They grey & white vase has been broken and glued back together,
but a tiny piece is missing. The darker of the eggs has what looks
like white scratch marks. One
of the square dishes has a minute white edge nick to it. The rest are
undamaged, but may have some very light signs of handling.
These
pretty little pieces display beautifully, and will make a very nice
addition to any collection.
!!!Please look at all the pictures as they form part of the item description!!!
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