Brand: Small items
A variation on the humble school cloakroom hook from Anderstorp in Sweden. Made from heavy gauge bent steel bar rather than the more commonly found and more easily bent aluminium, these are also distinguished by the wisdom of the down curving top hook, which is both safer and kinder to clothing, as ..
£10.75
Ex Tax:£8.96
Brand: Small items
It was in 1937 that three Bohlin brothers opened the Skoglund Metallgjuteri foundry in Anderstorp, Sweden, with the progressive idea of making something useful from the aluminium scrap they thought so wantonly discarded. Thus was born Gunnar Bohlin's famous hall rack, but also as importantly a host ..
£6.50
Ex Tax:£5.42
Brand: Small items
A pair of hand sand-cast solid brass shelf brackets from a foundry founded in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing, the castings are largely left ‘i-hada’ — a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand into which they..
£120.00
Ex Tax:£100.00
Brand: Small items
A pair of hand sand-cast solid brass shelf brackets from a foundry founded in 1897 in the Japanese city of Takaoka in the Toyama Prefecture. With minimal chasing, the castings are largely left ‘i-hada’ — a raw cast surface maintaining any texture or discolouration drawn from the sand into which they..
£110.00
Ex Tax:£91.67
Brand: Oversize items
An aluminium blow pipe with an oiled beechwood mouthpiece and handle and a leather hanging strap. Originating in the mountainous Massif Central region of France, the Bouffadou fire pipe enables you to blow air right into the heart of the fire. Keeping you at a safe distance, the pipe is equally effe..
£33.50
Ex Tax:£27.92
Brand: Small items
Rough-finished yet surprisingly effective hand forged tailors’ shears from Uttar Pradesh, India. Made of carbon steel brazed to cast and chased brass handles for comfort and a degree of corrosion protection, these can nevertheless rust if left in wet, saline, or damp conditions — regular use and a p..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Small items
An unbleached cotton cleaning cloth, ideally suited to polishing leather shoes, measuring 40 x 40cm. After brushing off any dirt and applying your choice of polish or cream, gently rub it over the surface of the shoe with one of these cloths using small circles, adding more polish as you go if..
£2.80
Ex Tax:£2.33
Brand: Small items
A soft shoe polishing brush made from oiled beech and dark horsehair. Best used after the shoes have been allowed to absorb the (sparingly applied) polish for about 15 minutes to buff the leather back to a deep shine, before a final high polish with a fine soft cloth. Like many things, an approach o..
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
Brand: Small items
An oiled oak brush with stiff coconut and tampico fibres, for the cleaning of dirt off shoes prior to polishing. The wooden point at the front is for cleaning the welt, while the bevelled back edge is good for the soles. The strong plant fibres are effective at removing dirt from the upper part and ..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33
Brand: Small items
A fuki-urushi lacquered sakura cased clock, which mechanism aside, is made entirely by the hand of Iba Takahito in Biei City, close to Asahikawa amongst the forests and highlands of Hokkaido. The face is letter press printed in a font designed by Iba-san’s wife, whilst the blacked steel hands are ar..
£495.00
Ex Tax:£412.50
Brand: Small items
A defiantly analogue wall clock, designed by Masanori Oji and hand cast in Japan at the Futagami brass foundry founded in 1897 in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture. Specializing in traditional crafts like Buddist alter fittings, Futagami has been refining its green sand casting techniques for brass items s..
£365.00
Ex Tax:£304.17
Brand: Small items
A fuki-urushi lacquered sakura (Japanese cherry) strip, embedded with magnets. Position metal screws in the wall to meet the magnets in the strip, creating a beautifully simple method for hanging paper posters or lists on the wall, easily changed at will. Made entirely by the hand of Iba Takahito in..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
A fuki-urushi lacquered sakura cased small desk clock, which (mechanism aside) is made entirely by the hand of Iba Takahito in Biei City, close to Asahikawa amongst the forests and highlands of Hokkaido. The face is letter press printed by Iba-san’s wife, whilst the blacked steel hands are also cut ..
£370.00
Ex Tax:£308.33
Brand: Small items
A small fuki-urushi lacquered sakura (Japanese cherry) shelf with a shaped, concave surface ideal for holding pens, pencils, or other small roll prone items. Made entirely by the hand of Iba Takahito in Biei City, close to Asahikawa amongst the forests and highlands of Hokkaido. The shelf supports a..
£175.00
Ex Tax:£145.83
Brand: Oversize items
A simple four legged stool with a handle cut into the seat for easy carrying. Made entirely by the hand of Iba Takahito in Biei City, close to Asahikawa amongst the forests and highlands of Hokkaido. The stool is made from Japanese oak, selected from local forests and finished with a hard fuki-urush..
£650.00
Ex Tax:£541.67