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Flower Culture In Pots - 1920s cards £10.50 (+ postage of £1.50) Stunning collection of Wills Cigarette cards - 1925 collection of Flower Culture in Pots, complete set of 50.  Set against a dramatic black backdrop, 50 beautiful images of beautiful flowering plants to adorn your walls in a frame en masse,  Marguerites, orchids, roses, tulips. campanulas, primulas it's never too cold outside to have these blooming all year round!  In overall good condition for age, two or three have creases but these are not really noticeable when grouped en masse.  A vintage greenhouse of floral loveliness...SOLD   Buy Now: Enid Blyton Nature Books - Spring Time £10 (+ postage of £2.50) Round The Year With Enid Blyton - Spring Time.  Published by Evans Brothers c1930s. We have fallen in love with these illustrated card covers!  Birds in nests, owls. rabbits, fish a leaping... Book measures approx 13cm x 20cm  with 96 pages. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Enid Blyton provides you with your own vintage nature table -  nature charts, some ways of growing seeds, the wind and its work, how our bulbs are made, making an aquarium, blackbird and thrush, how to grow a  garden, the strange cuckoo. In very good condition for age. Buy Now: Floral Flourish ~ Vintage Lucite Flower Brooch £8.00 (+ postage of £1.50) This sweet little flower brooch would sit prettily on any lapel. Vintage Lucite reverse painted brooch with pretty magenta rose flower.  Measures 2 x 2 cm with roll clasp. Supplied with pretty little gift box. Buy Now: The Lovers' Pocket Book - Vintage Raymond Peynet £10.50 (+ postage of £2.75) 1954 Perpetua edition of Peynet's classic and oh so romantic "The Lovers' Pocketbook" with an introduction by H E Bates.  Pink board covered book filled with the most amusing, charming, slightly cheeky, but oh so French and romantic illustrations - doves, song, hearts, cupid and Paris ... wonderful! Book is in overall good condition. Perfect vintage Valentine's gift.SOLD Buy Now: Flowers & Wishes ~ Trio of Vintage Poscards £6.00 (+ postage of £1.50) Say it with flowers with this trio of delightfully decorated vintage postcards. Each card embossed with a pretty floral flourish and Birthday wishes. All in good clean condition with minor scuffs to edges. There is some writing to the back of each card which adds to the charm and sense of occasion. Buy Now: Daisy Daisy ~ Vintage Murray Allen Confection Tin £15.00 (+ postage of £3.50) Bright and beautiful vintage confectionery tin made by the English company Murray -Allen. These tins are highly collectable, and were made in many colourful designs. This tin is named 'Arabia' and is lavishly decorated with bunches of daisy flowers and gilt scrolls on a cream and red background. Standing 15 cm tall with a removeable lid and a carrying handle. In excellent condition with minor surface wear. Buy Now: Vintage Posy - Huntley & Palmer's Tin £8.75 (+ postage of £2.75) Gorgeous floral vintage Huntley & Palmer's biscuit tin.  Lovely posies and sprigs of flowers against a soft apricot background - reminiscent of a stroll round an old fashioned cottage garden.  Tin measures approx 16cm x 16cm and has slight wear to it due to age.  Sides of tin are also festooned with floral borders - stand back and admire... Buy Now: Love Heart ~ Vintage Gold Heart & Chain £20.00 (+ postage of £2.00) A perfect love token for Valentine's Day.. pretty rolled gold puffed heart and chain. The heart has some engraving to the front and the words 'Rolled Gold' stamped on the back. Hangs from a gold tone chain measuring 22 cm. Total length 24 cm. The necklace comes with a pretty gift box. Buy Now: Sweet Romany ~ Vintage Murray Allen Confection Tin £15.00 (+ postage of £3.50) Bright and beautiful vintage confectionery tin made by the English company Murray -Allen. These tins are highly collectable, and were made in many colourful designs. This tin is named 'Romany' and is lavishly decorated with beautiful flowers and gilt scrolls on a black background. Standing 15 cm tall with a removeable lid and a carrying handle. In excellent condition with minor surface wear. Buy Now: Flights of Fancy ~ Hearts & Dove Necklace £10.00 (+ postage of £1.50)  With Valentine's Day just around the corner, this would make the perfect gift for the one you love. A pretty trio of embossed silver- tone heart pendant,  silver-tone dove and a tiny red heart droplet hang together on a 17" silver plated chain. Suitable for Anniversaries, Birthday's or 'Just Because' days. Buy Now: Pictorial Pastimes ~ Victorian Scrap Album £55.00 (+ postage of £3.50)  Long before the days of television, ladies would spend many a happy hour writing poetry and sticking scraps in to albums such as this one. A fine example of a Victorian scrap album, packed full of vibrantly coloured scraps and greeting cards. Each page is full of scraps featuring birds, butterflies, flowers and charming greeting cards from the era. Fifteen pages all intact other than slight tearing to the spine of the book. Outer binding of gold embossed brown linen cloth is in good condition. 296 scraps and cards in total. Please enquire for more photos should you wish to see more of this lovely item. Buy Now: I-Spy Wild Flowers £4.50 (+ postage of £1.50) Lovely little I-Spy pocket book on Wild Flowers - one in a very popular series.  Next time you're out walking pop this little book in your pocket and have fun identifying the wild flowers around you.  Previous owner's name written on inside front cover and on inside back cover too. Time to get to know your Wood Betony, Foxgloves and Wild Orchids... Buy Now: Rosy Sentiments ~ Trio of Vintage Postcards £6.00 (+ postage of £1.50)  Greeting cards from an era of romance. A trio of vintage embossed postcards, decorated with pretty blousey rose blooms.  All in good clean condition with minor scuffs to edges. There is some writing to the back of each card which adds to the charm and sense of occasion. Buy Now: The Love Collection ~ Vintage Valentine's in a Tin £15.00 (+ postage of £3.00)  A collection of six charming vintage Valentine Cards live in this pretty vintage style tin. Each Valentine is different and full of wonderful sentiment. They all have a name or inscription on the back or inside, one is dated 1935. Mostly in good condition with only slight signs of wear. A useful and very pretty tin depicting vintage valentine designs on the lid and sides. The tin itself is not vintage. Measures 14 cm diameter 5.5 cm tall.  Buy Now: The Garden ABC - Vintage Children's Book £10 (+ postage of £2.00) This is a delightful vintage Children's book (1930s?) in very good condition. A card covered book measuring approx 15cm x 20cm,  with previous owner's name written on inside front cover.  Gorgeous front cover showing two little girls chatting over the garden fence (could it be Milly and Dottie?). Inside there is one colour plate and the rest of the book is printed in black and white with an illustrated garden themed ABC and a story entitled "Granny's Apple Tree".  The perfect Spring/Easter gift for greenfingered girls and boys... Buy Now: Garden Flowers - Vintage Ladybird Book £5.50 (+ postage of £1.75) Vintage Ladybird edition of "Garden Flowers" by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald and with colour illustrations by John Leigh-Pemberton.  Gorgeously vibrant illustrations with information on garden flowers and how to grow them.  Perfect companion to the Ladybird Book of Wild Flowers too! Lovely addition to your kitchen/library shelf or to tuck into your garden basket... Buy Now: Spring Hedgerow - Pretty china trio £6.00 (+ postage of £3.00) A lovely china trio with images of yellow flowers and foliage, reminiscent of Spring hedgerows.  Cup, saucer and tea plate are all decorated and edged with golden trim. The perfect addition to a Spring time tea table sitting on top of an embroidered or gingham cloth. Lovely Easter or Mother's Day gift too... Buy Now: Tokens of Love - Love's Helicon £7.50 (+ postage of £3) Well it wouldn't be a Dovecote without some romantic poetry ... the words of true love captured in this vintage poetry collection.  A 1947 edition of Love's Helicon, published by Gerald Duckworth.  This is a wonderfully romantic collection of poems "The Progress of Love Described in English Verse", edited by John Hayward.  Poems included by Keats, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley and Rossetti amongst others. A truly romantic Love Token for Valentine's Day.  Book comes supplied with its original dustjacket and tied with a pink ribbon (not the one shown in photo) and a vintage heart shaped locket to which you can add a photo or your own love token...Love is in the air! Buy Now: Rhapsody in Blue ~ Vintage Deco Brooch £8.00 (+ postage of £1.50)  This is an unusual but very attractive Art Deco style vintage brooch. An embossed pattern of stylized flowers is fashioned from pewter over a celluloid base with a pin clasp. One of the flowers has a cabachon centerpiece in blue.  Measuring 6.5 cm long and 4.5 cm wide..this large and stylish brooch would look most attractive on a coat or jacket lapel to jazz it up! Buy Now: Up the Garden Path ~ Vintage Embroidery £23.00 (+ postage of £2.50) Where else would you find such an exquisite embroidery of a dovecote and garden.. but in Milly & Dottie's Dovecote.This is a beautiful little framed embroidery of a cottage garden, complete with doves and dovecote, framed in a pretty pink round wooden frame with domed glass. Hollyhocks, Daisies, and Lavender are a few of the flowers that are finely stitched with brightly coloured silks. The frame measures 17cm diameter and has a thread for hanging. Buy Now: Say It With Flowers - Vintage Toffee Tin £8.50 (+ postage of £2.50) A touch of cheery floral goodness!  Lovely vintage Sharps Toffee Tin. A posy of roses on a azure blue background - Gorgeous!  Tin is in good condition with some tarnishing to base and slight tarnishing on inside of lid due to age.  Measures approx 14cm.  A bunch of roses to give to a friend, loved one or to add to your shelves.  No need to change the water... Buy Now: Spring In A Box - Vintage Floral Puzzle £10 (+ postage of £2.50) An exquisite 1930s/1940s jigsaw puzzle.  Puzzle comes in its  lovely decorative box.  Measures approx 29cm x 19cm. Inside the box, there is a burst of Spring sunshine waiting for you. the most delightful jigsaw puzzle - a basket of freshly cut Spring Flowers - tulips, daffodils stand next to a pot of forget-me-nots with wallflowers, bluebells, primorses and lily of the valley surrounding them!  It would be difficult to decide whether to keep the contents in its box or whether to frame them, they are so pretty!  The perfect gift for Mother, Friend or yourself.  You can almost smell the Spring air...SOLD Buy Now: On the wings of a Dove ~ Handmade Valentine Card £3.50  A very special Valentine card to send to your loved one. A pretty dove delivers a love letter, printed on a linen hand printed badge. The badge is mounted on a hand printed Victorian love poem. Printed on an embossed 270 gsm white 5" square card. Blank inside for own message and words of love. Quantity: 12345678910 Buy Now: Comic Book Kiss ~ Handmade Valentine Card £3.50  Retro style comic book kiss handmade Valentine card. Embellished with a tiny rhinestone heart. Printed on an embossed 270 gsm white 5" square card. Blank inside for own message and words of love. Quantity: 12345678910 Buy Now: I Love You ~ Handmade Valentine Card £3.50  Don't be shy... tell someone you love them with this bold print handmade Valentine card. Red love heart printed on a linen hand printed badge. The badge is mounted on the bold words 'I Love You'. Printed on an embossed 270 gsm white 5" square card. Blank inside for own message and words of love. Quantity: 12345678910 Buy Now: Garden Birds - Vintage Ladybird Book £5 (+ postage of £1.75) Gorgeous vintage Ladybird book, published 1967 with  beautiful colour illustrations by John Leigh Pemberton.  A guide to all things feathery in your garden and a lovely addition to your bookshelves.  Book is in very good condition and would make a wonderful gift too.  We can't have a Dovecote without any Doves... Buy Now: A Valentine Wish ~ Vintage Valentine Card £5.00 (+ postage of £.50)  Hearts and flowers adorn this very pretty little embossed vintage valentine card. A flower bonneted maiden is framed by a heart with the words 'To My Valentine'. Inside the card is a charming verse with the words 'My Valentine Wish' 'Love, Happiness and Friendship true - May these three abide with you.'  There is a pencil inscription on the back of the card 'To Mary Mishok From M.M' Measuring 9cm and in excellent clean condition.Ain't love grand! Buy Now: Flower Power ~ Vintage Burton's Biscuit Tin £10.00 (+ postage of £2.50)  Spring has nearly sprung with this oh so pretty floral vintage biscuit tin. The hinged lid has an attractive floral bouquet of Primroses, Bluebells, Freesias and Narcissi. One can almost smell the heavenly scent. Made by 'Burton's Gold Medal Biscuits Ltd' in Great Britain. The tin measures 24 cm x 15 cm x 6 cm and is a good size for storing so many things.. buttons, seed packets .. biscuits even!  In good condition overall with a few scratches and slight rusting to edges. Buy Now: My Heart Belongs to you ~ Vintage Valentine Card £5.00 (+ postage of £.50)  Sweetest little sweetheart vintage valentine card from the 1930's. In the shape of a heart this embossed card has a rosy cheeked girl with a twinkle in her eye.. clutching a gift for her beloved, with the word 'To My Valentine'. In lovely clean unmarked condition without inscriptions. Made in the U.S.A. One from the heart! Buy Now: Hello Little Missy ~ Vintage Cowboy Valentine Card £5.00 (+ postage of £.50)  Sentiments were so sweet in 1945 and this charming Vintage Valentine is proof of that. Large vintage Valentine of a cowboy holding a declaration of love.. with the message 'My words are few - but I mean 'em - I do! Be My Valentine'. There is a faint inscription on the back of the card written in pencil with the name 'Love Roger ? and the date 1945 also written in pencil. In lovely clean condition, though there are two small tears to the left side of the card. Made in the U.S.A. Measuring 21 cm x 12 cm. Howdy! Buy Now: The Lovers' Pocketbook - Vintage Raymond Peynet £10 (+ postage of £2.50) 1954 Perpetua edition of Peynet's classic and oh so romantic "The Lovers' Pocketbook" with an introduction by H E Bates.  Pink board covered book filled with the most amusing, charming, slightly cheeky, but oh so French and romantic illustrations - doves, song, hearts, cupid and Paris ... wonderful! Book is in overall good condition with some wear to top of spine.  Perfect vintage Valentine's gift.SOLD Buy Now: Butterfly Blues ~ Vintage Biscuit Tin £10.00 (+ postage of £2.50)  A vision in blue and such a vibrant blue too..Pretty blue Delphiniums and butterfly decorated vintage sample biscuit  tin made by 'C.W.S' Biscuits. These were given out as sample tins to entice the shopkeepers to stock these particular biscuits. Measuring 19 cm tall, by 12 cm wide by 3 cm tall, with a hinged lid. Some minor scratches and small dents to the lid, but these do not spoil the overall appeal of this very pretty tin. SOLD Buy Now: Roses Are Pink - Vintage Tin £10 (+ postage of £2.75) Very pretty and softly coloured circular vintage tin.  Pastel florals decorate the lid and sides of this tin, pastel and pretty, the colours of Spring.  Pink roses with hints of lilac and green on a primrose yellow background.  Tin is in overall good condition with some wear to sides (please see photos) and some tarnishing to the inside.  Measures approx 18cm. A romantic Spring posy for your dresser shelves... Buy Now: The Age of Innocence - Vintage Toffee Tin £6 (+ postage of £2.50) Very charming Thorne's Toffee tin with a picture of "The Age of Innocence" by Sir Joshua Reynolds on the lid.  Some slight wear to tin due to age (please see photos).  Tin measures approx 11cm. A truly romantic and idyllic scene on a tin waiting to hold love tokens, chocolates etc. Buy Now: The Blessed Damozel ~ Dante Gabriel Rossetti £10.00 (+ postage of £1.50)  What could be more romantic than the Pre-Raphaelites and particularly Rossetti's words of love and devotion. This is a sweet little book published in London 1904 First Edition by John Lane. Written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and illustrated with 8 fine drawings in black and white by Percy Bulcock. One of the 'Flowers of Parnassus' series. Measuring 5 x 4.5 inches and with original dust wrapper over cloth boards. A rare book in good condition.SOLD Buy Now: 1930s Garden Hints - Vintage Cards £10 (+ postage of £1.50) Normal 0 0 1 84 484 4 1 594 11.0 0 0 0 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Times New Roman"; panose-1:0 2 2 6 3 5 4 5 2 3; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:50331648 0 0 0 1 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-parent:""; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> Fancy some tips from the 1930s Potting Shed?  A complete set of Wills Cigarette Cards produced in 1938 (50 in total) entitled "Garden Hints". All are in excellent condition.  Wonderful images with handy hints and tips on back of cards. These would look so lovely framed together on a kitchen wall, study, potting shed and would make an ideal pressie for a gardener. Learn how to store your onions, preserve the flavour of apples, make a water lily pool, divide your dahlias, stop your sweet pea seedlings, and, our favourite, make a dovecote... Buy Now: One for my Baby ~ Vintage Valentine Card £4.00 (+ postage of £.50)  Love this teddy bear vintage Valentine Card especially made for a baby's first Valentine. Cute little teddy shaped, folded card by by 'Stanley' USA in the 40's. The message inside reads, 'A Valentine fro Baby who steals all hearts away, To wish the little darling a very happy day!'.  Measures 15 cm tall and has small blemish on the front and inside of card where tape has been stuck and removed. Buy Now: Puppy Love ~ Vintage Valentine Card £5.00 (+ postage of £.50)  Puppy love is perfectly illustrated on this sweet little articulated vintage Valentine Card made in the U.S.A by 'A Double Wish' Cards. A mother and her little puppy dog cards, the puppy sits inside the barrel and can be removed, with it's own Valentine message 'This little card holds just a line "Won't you be my Valentine?". Inside the mother card the message reads "This BIG card that I'm sending you on Valentine's Day will show you that I like you in a GREAT BIG WAY".  Measuring 15 cm tall with slight creasing but overall good clean condition with ink inscription inside the mother card that reads 'Love Nancy Ronnie' XXX Buy Now: Peter's Flower Friends £6 (+ postage of £2) Very charming little book entitled "Peter's Flower Friends", written and illustrated by Helen Haywood and published as one of Hutchinson's Books for Young People. Lovely 1940s book with delightful board covers. Book measures approx 7and half inches x 6 inches and is only 16 pages in total.  Small but beautifully formed!  With lovely illustrations and charming story. Showing some signs of age but in overall good condition.SOLD Buy Now: