Brand: Oversize items
A hand-bound sorghum small sweeping broom made in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Perfect for sweeping staircases, corners, shelves, porches, door frames and architraves. A hanging loop at the end allows this beautiful broom to be displayed and kept within easy reach. Sorghum is more commonly known as rice..
£69.00
Ex Tax:£57.50
Brand: Small items
Dustpans of pressed and folded fairly heavy gauge sheet steel, with welded loop handles and a flexible rubber lip. Powder coated either red or black. From Iris Hantverk whose Swedish and Estonian workshops provide training and employment for visually impaired craftsmen in the making of artisan brush..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
Dustpans of pressed and folded fairly heavy gauge sheet steel, with welded loop handles and a flexible rubber lip. Powder coated either red or black. From Iris Hantverk whose Swedish and Estonian workshops provide training and employment for visually impaired craftsmen in the making of artisan brush..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
A small simple and lightweight dustpan of galvanised steel fitted with a looped wire handle, all held together without use of welding, rivets, or fastenings. Pressed, trimmed, finished, and assembled largely by hand in a small metal workers shop in Osaka — a company who have specialised in the fabri..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Brand: Small items
A charmingly rustic, lightweight white enamel dust pan or scoop with a hand-painted navy rim. Ideal for sweeping up crumbs and dust in kitchen or living spaces. A small loop on the end makes for convenient storage on pegs or 'S' hooks. Made in Romania, this enamelled steel dustpan has a characterful..
£16.00
Ex Tax:£13.33
Brand: Small items
A simple pressed-steel, painted dust shovel with a stained beech handle and leather hanging loop. Ideal as a hearth scoop — although only with cold ashes — or for rugged outdoor use. From the Versmold workshops of the Redecker company, founded by Friedrich Redecker in the 1930s, who specialise in th..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
A sturdily built powder-coated steel dustpan with a hole for hanging and a rubber lip to help guide dirt into the pan. Ideal for use all around the house and garden. Made in Germany by the Albert Turk company, who have specialised in the production and hand-forging of shovels, pans and other h..
£9.00
Ex Tax:£7.50
A pure natural bristle clothes brush hand set in an oiled hardwood stock, with a flared head for reaching more awkward areas and for greater coverage. Short, stiff bristles make quick work of clearing dust and lint from clothes for a trouble-free sprucing session. From a family business who have bee..
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Small items
A pure natural hog bristle bannister brush hand set in an oiled hardwood stock. Perfect for sweeping any hard floor area, and with a flared pale coloured bristle tip for reaching more awkward corners. From the company of R. Russell a family owned and run business who have been manufacturing brushes ..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
A dense and soft brush, hand set in an oiled hardwood stock, with a rectangular block of bristles designed for efficient polishing of leather shoes, bags and furniture. Use with our beeswax leather conditioner to bring leather goods up to a gleaming shine. From a family business who have been manufa..
£20.50
Ex Tax:£17.08
Brand: Small items
A well finished oil treated beech stocked coconut fibre bristled hand-bound hand broom. Moderately soft for a vegetable fibre brush, and with a lovely wire stitch detail on the back. The bristles are water resistant making these suitable for indoor or outdoor use. From the workshops of Iris Hantverk..
£28.00
Ex Tax:£23.33
Brand: Small items
A simple hand stitched hand broom of beech, medium soft grey-brown horse hair, and steel wire. For use with a dustpan as a floor or bench broom. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft employment for the visually impaired,..
£29.00
Ex Tax:£24.17
Brand: Small items
A simple hand stitched hand broom of beech, medium soft grey-brown horse hair, and steel wire. For use with a dustpan as a floor or bench broom. From the company of Iris Hantverk whose workshops in Sweden and Estonia were founded to provide traditional handcraft employment for the visually impaired,..
£22.00
Ex Tax:£18.33
Brand: Small items
An incredibly simple hand broom made from the finer tops of bamboo canes bound tightly together with wire. Similarly to our zatacon scrubbing whisks, and perhaps besom brooms to which these bear resemblance and could perhaps be considered cousins these are less brittle, harder wearing, and at the sa..
£10.00
Ex Tax:£8.33
Brand: Small items
A mid-length broom of a traditional type from a small craft workshop in Thailand. Sorghum is more commonly know as rice straw or even broom corn in the west and refers to a group of grasses used for brush-making throughout much of the world. Undoubtedly similar to the grass used in our Japanese and ..
£35.00
Ex Tax:£29.17
Brand: Small items
A small hand brush of a traditional type from a small craft workshop in Thailand. Sorghum is more commonly know as rice straw or even broom corn in the west and refers to a group of grasses used for brush-making throughout much of the world. Undoubtedly similar to the grass used in our Japanese and ..
£17.50
Ex Tax:£14.58
Brand: Small items
A machine wound stainless steel wire and stiff horsehair double ended brush for cleaning between spokes, around gear mechanisms, and under mudguards, or amongst the many novel recesses found on alloy or trimmed steel wheels. From the workshops of the Redecker company, who since their founding by Fri..
£11.00
Ex Tax:£9.17
Brand: Small items
A handled scrubbing brush, made from beech with bristles of union blend - a mix of hard palmyra palm and softer tampico fibres. The Swedish tradition of visually impaired craftsmen finding work in the manufacture of brushes continues today in the form of Iris Hantverk, which employs over 30 such ind..
£25.50
Ex Tax:£21.25
Brand: Small items
A simple hardwood mop or broom handle, with a rounded top and tapered end, to fit our cotton mop heads or English brooms. Please note that this item will incur a long item shipping surcharge which will be added at the shipping stage of checkout...
£4.00
Ex Tax:£3.33
Brand: Small items
A rich and protective un-pigmented furniture polish to keep your wooden furniture in good condition. Made using raw linseed oil, beeswax and carnauba wax in the Chilterns by apiarist John Farrell, who cares for around 30 hives of native Northern European bees in the Southern Chilterns. We recommend ..
£11.00
Ex Tax:£9.17
Brand: Small items
A rich and protective leather conditioner to keep your shoes, chairs, bags &c in tip top condition. Made in the Chilterns by apiarist John Farrell, using olive oil, coconut butter, beeswax and carnauba wax. The oil and butter moisturise the leather, carnauba adds shine and the beeswax (among other ..
£11.00
Ex Tax:£9.17
Brand: Small items
Packs of 10 superior German made waxed beech clothes pegs with a single-piece split design. Two piece pegs are certainly quicker and easier to use and quite possibly less damaging to delicate fabrics than split single part designs, however they do not grip quite so tightly as the dolly which have co..
£7.40
Ex Tax:£6.17
Brand: Small items
Packs of 10 superior German made waxed beech clothes pegs of either the two piece sprung coiled fulcrum design, or else the more traditional dolly peg. Two piece pegs are certainly quicker and easier to use and quite possibly less damaging to delicate fabrics than split single part designs, however ..
£3.60
Ex Tax:£3.00
Brand: Small items
A set of five strong aluminium clothes pegs or cloth grips from Tokyo. Each grip is supplied with a split ring attached to the back of one jaw allowing them to be threaded directly onto a suspended line, meaning they need not become lost or misplaced as is typically the case with standard pegs, and ..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
A simple two peg hanging rack made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes and other well considered household moveables. Useful as a small coa..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Large items
A simple four peg hanging rack made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes and other well considered household moveables. Useful as a small co..
£21.00
Ex Tax:£17.50
Brand: Large items
A simple seven peg hanging rack made of slow growing and sustainably sourced baltic birch in the workshops of Iris Hantverk, where in excess of 30 visually impaired craftsmen find skilled employment in the hand manufacture of brushes and other well considered household moveables. Useful as a small c..
£27.50
Ex Tax:£22.92
Brand: Small items
A heat formed and bound rattan cane hanger from Nepal, with a neat and simple shape. Rattan is a kind of climbing palm or vine the cultivation of which is being encouraged by some conservationists as a means of preserving the forest growth on which it thrives. Obviously the commercialisation of any ..
£21.50
Ex Tax:£17.92
Brand: Small items
A handy, slim ‘J’ shaped brass hook, great for hanging items such as soaps, towels and baskets from rails and racks. Made in India by skilled artisans. Please note that due to the handmade nature of this item, all are unique, and may have minor differences in finish and form. Brass can and will tarn..
£5.00
Ex Tax:£4.17
Brand: Small items
A simple iron wall hook with a matte-black finish, made in India. Perfect for use in the kitchen, bathroom, closets and more. Please note that due to the handmade nature of this item, all are unique, and may have minor differences in finish and form. When installing into hard woods, pre-drill a pilo..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
Brand: Oversize items
The original Sheila Maid, a cast iron and pine traditional ceiling airer, a thrifty, green, convenient and attractive way to dry laundry, or air towels and blankets. 4 slats, 15.5" wide by 57" long. Longer and 6 slat versions are available to order. Supplied with 1 each of single and double pulleys,..
£95.00
Ex Tax:£79.17
Brand: Small items
15 balls of approximately 20mm diameter cedar wood balls in a small drawstring bag. Ideal for hanging as is in a wardrobe or stashing loose in drawers. Red cedar heartwood contains natural aromatic oils that both kill young moth larvae and repel adult moths, the balls being effective for as long as ..
£7.00
Ex Tax:£5.83
Brand: Redecker
Five blocks of approximately 70mm by 50mm by 18mm red cedar. Ideal for hanging as is in a wardrobe or stashing loose in drawers. Red cedar heartwood contains natural aromatic oils that both kill young moth larvae and repel adult moths, the balls being effective for as long as the smell remains when ..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
Brand: Small items
A 10ml bottle of essential oil of red cedar. Western red cedar has long been used to help deter moth infestations. This pure oil can be used alone, or to refresh existing blocks or balls. Do not ingest...
£8.50
Ex Tax:£7.08
Brand: Small items
A pair of impressively formed scissors, specifically made for cutting through cardboard and other thick materials. Made from forged carbon steel, blued for protection, with black japanned handles, for comfortable handling. Long curved and cranked handles give extra leverage when cutting through stub..
£69.00
Ex Tax:£57.50
Brand: Small items
A pair of fully nickel-plated carbon steel household scissors, for general jobs around the house — it's always good to keep a good pair of scissors to hand!. Drop forged from carbon steel, with carefully shaped bows for a comfortable grip, these scissors can serve a multitude of purposes. For dry us..
£18.00
Ex Tax:£15.00
Brand: Redecker
A very effective nonlethal mousetrap made from hand formed copper wire fixed to white-wood base. Works in a manner similar to a lobster pot, the trap is baited - peanut butter is effective if messy, and popcorn works very well - enticing the mouse to climb through the tapering hole at the top. Once ..
£12.50
Ex Tax:£10.42
Brand: Redecker
A wooden handled, fanned-wire headed fly swat designed to give a little, killing but reducing the chance of crushing and therefore bursting its prey, leaving fewer stains and less mess on walls and furniture. Unfortunately its effectiveness is still entirely dependent on the skill of the operator. F..
£14.00
Ex Tax:£11.67
Brand: Small items
A skilfully mouth-blown fly and wasp trap, made in a small lamp workshop in Lauscha, Germany — the traditional home of glass christmas ornaments and baubles, some of whose delicate beauty these nonetheless share. Primed with a little juice or stale beer the traps lure insects inside, yet they lack t..
£16.00
Ex Tax:£13.33
Brand: Small items
A useful addition to the hallway rack — simply slide onto one of the rails and secure with the screw provided. Small double hooks at one end and a long hook with wooden knob, great for hanging a hat or similar...
£24.00
Ex Tax:£20.00
Brand: Small items
An array of 12 hooks cut and folded with an attractive simplicity from a single piece of sheet steel in Anderstorp, Sweden. The hooks themselves, although nominally key holders, are strong enough to hold clothing, dog leads, or dare we suggest it - brushes, making them an ideal framework for the vis..
£47.00
Ex Tax:£39.17
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 ..
£11.50
Ex Tax:£9.58
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 ..
£11.50
Ex Tax:£9.58
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 ..
£11.50
Ex Tax:£9.58
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 ..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
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 ..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
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 ..
£7.50
Ex Tax:£6.25
Brand: Small items
An unbleached cotton cleaning cloth, ideally suited to polishing leather shoes or dusting and polishing wooden furniture. 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 poli..
£3.00
Ex Tax:£2.50
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 compact beech brass bristled suede cleaning brush. More traditional and less forgiving than our rubber alternative, this is none-the-less useful for more stubborn and ground in dirt, or for refreshing suede that has lost its nap. From the workshops of the Redecker company, who since their founding..
£4.50
Ex Tax:£3.75