Brand: Small items
A classic metal-framed coin purse with clip closure, and second internal pocket with closure. Made using Aizu Momen cotton, a special fabric which is woven traditionally in Aizu county in Mutsu province, Japan. Plain woven and durable, this cotton textile has been widely worn as farm working clothes..
£49.50
Ex Tax:£41.25
Brand: Small items
A diminutive basket, hand woven in Bali in Indonesia. Made from bamboo, with a circular rim and a square base, creating an appealing shape, which can used to keep small items — helping to keep your windowsills and tabletops tidy. A wide bamboo rim supports the basket's strength and stability. 12cm x..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
Compact and easy to handle, this multi-purpose whisk is a perfect companion in the kitchen. Made entirely from bamboo, this miniature whisk is ideal salad dressings, or marinades and is easily able to muddle spices, herbs, and soft fruits to release maximum flavour potential. May also be used to pre..
£9.50
Ex Tax:£7.92
Brand: Small items
Rough finished, yet surprisingly delicate hand forged household and hairdressing scissors from Vietnam. Made of carbon steel, with dipped handles for user comfort and a degree of corrosion protection, these can nevertheless rust if left in wet, saline, or damp conditions — regular use and a periodic..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
A deep, round basket woven in traditionally smoked bamboo, in a beautiful pattern, which allows the basket to form its beautifully rounded shape. Made in Vietnam, this basket would traditionally be used by market stall holders to sell their wares. In the home it is great for storing vegetables or fr..
£42.00
Ex Tax:£35.00
Brand: Small items
A deep, round basket woven in traditionally smoked bamboo, in a beautiful pattern, which allows the basket to form its beautifully rounded shape. Made in Vietnam, this basket would traditionally be used by market stall holders to sell their wares. In the home it is great for storing vegetables or fr..
£59.50
Ex Tax:£49.58
Brand: Small items
A lightweight woven colander from Vietnam, for the rinsing of fruit and vegetables, and the draining of cooked foods, like noodles or greens. Hand-woven by Vietnamese artisans, this colander offers a beautiful and sturdy alternative to the metal kind, and additionally looks very handsome whilst off ..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Small items
A longer handled hand-stitched clothes brush of oiled birch and short moderately soft horsehair. With an angled handle for neat hanging and ease of use. The Swedish tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, which..
£23.50
Ex Tax:£19.58
Brand: Small items
A flexible clothesline with four ropes, and supportive pine wood slats, suitable for outdoor use. The drying rack's length is 4 meters, and the hanging line is 2 meters on each side, providing a total of 12 metres of hanging laundry. If you have no trees to hang it between, you can just as easily dr..
£45.00
Ex Tax:£37.50
Brand: Small items
A longer handled medium hard black and white hog hair clothes brush with seven fine dense rows of bristle set into a waxed pear-wood stock. For the dusting and de-linting of cashmere, satins, and other fine textiles. From the Redecker family workshop of traditional brush-makers in Germany. 27cm x 3...
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A hand stitched brush of oiled beech and thick fronds of natural latex rubber which effectively pulls lint, scurf, and animal hair from clothing, soft furnishings, and upholstery. After use the ‘bristles’ can be rubbed clean with the hand or rinsed under cold water. From a small family owned brushwo..
£22.50
Ex Tax:£18.75
Brand: Small items
Daubing brushes of beech and horsehair. These round daubers are for the application of polish to shoes or carved furniture, but also make ideal small dusting and cleaning brushes. In Sweden, there is a tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes. This continue..
£11.75
Ex Tax:£9.79
Brand: Small items
A traditional and natural Swedish leather treatment made of lanolin, naturally extracted pine tar, birch oil, and spruce resin. Originating before the advent of ‘breathable’ membranes or rubber boots boot grease like this was relied upon to grant crucial waterproofing to woodsman’s winter boots. Wit..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
A light natural Swedish leather treatment made with only lanolin, organic vegetable oils, essential birch oil, and beeswax. With the natural water repellency of lanolin and beeswax this is suited to finer leathers than our more traditional Kängskosmorning (Bear cream) but with relatively little sacr..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
Pairs of natural bone collar stiffeners, or collar bones if you prefer. In two sizes, small measuring approximately 55mm by 7mm, and large 65mm by 8mm. Superior and less prone to bending than the plastic stays commonly supplied with shirts these days. Hand cut and finished from sterilised cow shin b..
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A traditional wooden straight form shoe horn, shaped from beechwood, oiled and fitted with a leather hanging strap. For general use and portability. Made by a German family business who have been making beautiful household a grooming tools from natural materials for over 75 years. Measures 11.5cm lo..
£5.00
Ex Tax:£4.17
Brand: Small items
A traditional wooden straight form shoe horn, shaped from beechwood, oiled and fitted with a leather hanging strap. Useful for putting on boots, or for those with limited mobility. Made by a German family business who have been making beautiful household and grooming tools from natural materials for..
£15.00
Ex Tax:£12.50
Brand: Small items
A 75cm long shoe or boot horn, made in Japan from bamboo. Long enough to enable the comfortable easing of feet into shoes or boots, without the need to bend over. With a rounded, tapered end to cup the heel, and a hanging loop for convenient storage between uses...
£37.50
Ex Tax:£31.25
Brand: Small items
A black-canopied, solid stick umbrella with ten steel ribs, from the workshops of Pierre Vaux in Saint-Claude, in the Jura region of eastern France. Also called English mount, solid stick umbrellas have handles and shafts made from a single piece of wood, in this case stained maple, first turned, th..
£99.50
Ex Tax:£82.92
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a deep teal coloured SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than i..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a khaki SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is typical of ..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a honey coloured, SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is t..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a natural beige, SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is ty..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a sunshine yellow, SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is ..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made in a bright crimson, SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is typ..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up umbrella-parasol made with a soft Rose coloured, SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached 'fit-up' to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than ..
£105.00
Ex Tax:£87.50
Brand: Small items
A deep teal coloured, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a button on ..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A khaki coloured, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a button on the ..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A honey coloured, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a button on the ..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A sunshine yellow, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a button on the..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A bright crimson coloured, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a butto..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
A soft rose, eight ribbed compact automatic umbrella-parasol made with an SPF 50 rated 71% cotton canopy stretched over a steel frame. Folding down to about 36cm, these are small enough to fit in most shopping bags and good sizes shoulder bags and quickly opened with a press of a button on the handl..
£99.00
Ex Tax:£82.50
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up parasol-umbrella made with an SPF 50 rated linen canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached - fit-up - to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weight than is typical of the soli..
£100.00
Ex Tax:£83.33
Brand: Small items
An eight ribbed fit-up parasol-umbrella made with an SPF 50 rated linen canopy stretched over a steel frame, and with a maple shaft and handle and a red-striped ribbon trim. Fit-umbrellas are made in two parts, with the shaft attached — fit-up — to the handle, this allows for a slightly lighter weig..
£115.00
Ex Tax:£95.83
Brand: Small items
Official referee whistle. Following on from its cousin the Metropolitan, and a year younger being born in 1884, the Thunderer came about as Joseph Hudson sought to replace the sticks and handkerchiefs football referees had used to that point for officiating matches. Whilst the police whistle require..
£12.00
Ex Tax:£10.00
Brand: Small items
The original Acme ‘silent’ dog whistle engineered to produce a fully adjustable range of frequencies between 5400 Hz and 14800 Hz, the lower audible, the higher register near silent to human ears. An improved version of the original (and first silent) design dating back to 110.5035. Each whistle is ..
£36.50
Ex Tax:£30.42
Brand: Small items
The authentic British police whistle, introduced in 1883 as a replacement to the unsurprisingly ineffective police rattles. The discordant 2 tone sound of the whistle can be heard up to 2 miles distant, and the mouth piece is shaped such that the whistle can be held between the teeth, leaving the ha..
£15.50
Ex Tax:£12.92
Brand: Small items
A professional orchestral, or perhaps theatrical nickel plated siren whistle with a complex rotating mechanism which accurately recreates the vibrating whine of an old fashioned air siren. Once beloved by cyclists for its remarkable ability to clear a path through the busiest of streets, it has been..
£40.00
Ex Tax:£33.33
Brand: Small items
The original Admiralty Boatswain’s pipe or call (it should never called a whistle) made to an Acme design of 1870, and still used by navies worldwide for ceremonial purposes and for competition piping. Originally designed to convey instructions from the boatswain to sailors high above working the ri..
£34.50
Ex Tax:£28.75
Brand: Small items
A nickel silver traditional English shepherd’s lip whistle, used for the training and control of sheepdogs. This can take a little practice to make a sound, but once mastered is one of the most versatile and musical whistles available as tongue position and mouth shape determine pitch and tone...
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
Hand-made in France from beech and metal, this blackbird call can, with practice and attentive listening, be used to imitate the trills and modulations of their song. Play by sucking and blowing air through the call. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an idylli..
£27.50
Ex Tax:£22.92
Brand: Small items
Hand-made in France from boxwood, this cuckoo call is fairly easy to play, the skill being primarily one of rhythm and timing. Play by sucking and blowing air through the call. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an idyllic childhood amongst the hills of the Rhô..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
This handmade boxwood duck call is exceptionally easy to play, making it ideal for younger enthusiasts, however whilst sound like a duck might be easy, talking duck is less so. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an idyllic childhood amongst the hills of the Rhô..
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
Brand: Small items
Hand-made of boxwood and brass the goldfinch call can be used to accurately replicate the high pitched twittering of one of our more common, and attractive, garden birds. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an idyllic childhood amongst the hills of the Rhône-Alp..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
A simple hand call of metal and wood, which is turned producing friction noise, which with perfection of pressure, speed, and rhythm, imitates well the nightingale's song. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an idyllic childhood amongst the hills of the Rhône-Al..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
A small hand warbler similar to the nightingale call, producing sound from the friction of metal against wood, and which with variation
in pressure and rhythm can well imitate the characteristic song of the European Robin. Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doolittle, M. François Morel, who spent an..
£25.00
Ex Tax:£20.83
Brand: Small items
Made from polished boxwood, the Tawny Owl is one of the easier calls to play, tapping a finger upon the top hole whilst quivering ones tongue to emulate the ululating hoots of perhaps the most familiar of all the owls. The Tawny Owl is the only Owl present on every continent on the planet. Made by M..
£26.00
Ex Tax:£21.67
Brand: Small items
Imbued perhaps with the spirit of Doctor Doolittle Monsieur François Morel has since a childhood amongst the verdant hills of the Rhône-Alpes region been making instruments so that he and others might communicate with the birds he saw there, creating 'toys' that he hopes might inspire in their users..
£34.50
Ex Tax:£28.75
Brand: Small items
Hand-made in France from rubber and brass, the starling is a fairly easy call to master, the rubber pipes held between forefinger and thumb and the hand turned rapidly back and forth - it mimics the call not of a single bird, but of a small gathering. Made by M. François Morel, who spent an id..
£65.00
Ex Tax:£54.17
Brand: Small items
Classic birch ply and natural hide tambourines with single rows of zils. Played simply with a flick of the wrist, a tap of the frame, or beating of the skin. Perfect for those with a dream to make like Mick Jagger, or Stevie Nicks, or Robert Plant, or Kim Gordon, or Prince, or even Bez (yes we know ..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33