Anyone interested in gardening, even if only "armchair" gardening, will enjoy the exhibition "Garden Futures" at Dundee's new traffic-stopping riverside museum.
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DESIRABILIA
Finders Keepers: antiques and collectables for modern people
The statue of Greyfriars Bobby is the peg from which Candlemaker Row is hung like a scarf winding down to the Grassmarket.
The street's name reminds us of far-off times lit by candles. Tallow candles were made here centuries ago.
You can amble down from Greyfriars Bobby to my shop, "STILL LIFE", 54 Candlemaker Row, the current home of Desirabilia.com.
AS OF 14/10/2023 "STILL LIFE" IS CLOSED. Most of my stock is in storage and is inaccessible. I will hide the items on desirabilia.com which are currently not available.
- Apr 13
My claude glass is on loan to the V&A Dundee for their exhibition "Garden Futures" which opens mid May 2025. They have it for six months although the show is for a year. In case you haven't noticed, I have a page about the Claude Glass on this site: https://www.desirabilia.com/claude-glass-lorrain-black-mirror
- Sep 9, 2024
This entertaining traditional Folk Art figurine of a lion is currently on eBay. The techniques used of throwing, cutting, rolling, impressing and pinching clay are much the same as used in Staffordshire Pew Groups in the eighteenth century. It is 20 cm long and doesn't hold much liquid although Chrisite's described one as a "ewer".  It would be difficult to clean if used as a creamer so I think it was made for smoking when the small amount of water would act as a coolant. UPDATE: my Turkish buyer told me that the lion was made for olive oil. His lovely daughter who is studying here collected it on his behalf.
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