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 BARELY A SPOT OF RAIN FOR SET UP DAY AT SALVO 2011.
Dramatic clouds did not stop the sun from shining for most of Salvo Fair set up day at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire. Almost all eighty exhibitors have gathered on site, and the Fair has come together well. New faces and old friends have been meeting and greeting.
The entrance to the Fair is heavy on reclaimed materials; walling stone, paving, marble floor tiles and bricks, something the organisers have been keen to make a reality for many years.
As things stand on Thursday evening the ground is still firm and dry for those visiting tomorrow.
For social networking fiends, Salvo will be posting updates on the Fair throughout tomorrow and the weekend. Get tuned in to Facebook and Twitter for regular updates, photos and snippets of the action.
The Trade Day opens at 11am tomorrow morning with admission at £15. Saturday and Sunday's public days also open at 11am when admission is £8.
The Fair is held at Knebworth House in Hertfordshire, twenty five miles north of London.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: MAKING A SPLASH AT SALVO FAIR!
The guys from Smiths Architectural and Architectural Salvage Source have been hard at work today setting up their stands at Salvo Fair. Two marquees flank an open area full of decorative garden items, including a stone circular pool surround, a fourteen foot stone garden seat with gargoyles and a fountain of cherubs and oyster shell which is displayed in a square stone pool surround with chamfered corners. The fountain is around ten years old and is on sale at £5,500.
Salvo Fair opens at 11am tomorrow for Trade Day. Admission on Friday is £15 per person.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: TWELVE FOOT LIBRARY TABLE
Spot the table! Under all these goodies from the Original Homestore that are patiently waiting to be displayed by Lou Cronin, is a twelve foot wooden table from Fulham Library brought along to Salvo Fair by Lou's husband Damian, owner of Woodstone and reclaimed flooring virtuoso. The table is on sale for £1,500.
Salvo Fair opens tomorrow at 11am for the Trade Day. Admission on Trade Day is £15.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: WILLY GULH PLANTERS
From new Salvo Fair exhibitors Inside Out, came a handful of 1960's fibrated cement planters by Swiss designer Will Guhl. They are on sale for £300 a pair.
Salvo Fair opens tomorrow at 11am for the Trade Day.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: BRICKS, BRICKS AND MORE RECLAIMED BRICKS
V & V Reclamation from Hertfordshire have brought along a selection of reclaimed bricks that they currently stock to Salvo Fair. Their 'jumbo' pitch is chockablock full of reclaimed and salvaged goodies. And there's more arriving in the morning, before the opening of Trade Day at 11am.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: MASSIVE DECORATIVE PUB MIRRORS
Today on the Salvo Fair site, from Architectural Forum, Islington, came one of a few stunning Victorian pub mirrors. The mirrors stand around six foot high and are covered in gilded decorative lettering and borders. They were displayed at an exhibition in Whitechapel in 1951 for the Festival of Britain.
Tomorrow's Trade Day starts at 11am and entry is £15. Public days are Saturday and Sunday and admission is £8 on these days. Location is Knebworth House, twenty five miles north of London.
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 SALVO FAIR SETTING UP: TRIBUNAL DESK
What could be described as the 'longest desk in the world' arrived on site at Salvo Fair today. With space for fourteen people, the curved tribunal desk is 1930's and on sale for a snip at £2.400 from Cox's Yard stand. Telephone 01608 652505.
Tomorrow's Trade Day starts at 11am and entry is £15. Location is Knebworth House, twenty five miles north of London.
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 THE LAUNCH OF THE SALVO FAIR RECLAIMED WALLING STONE PARK
What is the Salvo Fair Reclaimed Stone Park?
The amount of reclaimed walling stone salvaged declined by a half in ten years, from 1.1m tonnes to 573,000 tonnes a year, and is still dropping, so to encourage more reuse the Reclaimed Stone Park was launched at Salvo Fair 2011. Customers can discuss their building projects with some major reclaimed stone stockists and see samples of their reclaimed stone.
Is it easy to reuse reclaimed walling stone? Yes . . .
For a small garden retaining wall, reclaimed rubble stone can be laid easily as drystone or in a weak lime mortar. For a new house reclaimed dressed walling stone can be supplied 'backed off' to give an even thickness and then built on to the external skin, attached to an outer block wall or as an outer leaf to a frame structure, using wall ties.
Future reclaimability of reclaimed walling stone . . .
Ideally, a lime mortar should be used when building with reclaimed stone so it will be easily reclaimable again in future. (Lime mortar is also best for new stone and bricks because this also makes them more easily reclaimable in future.) Also, it is a good idea to jot the provenance and supplier of your reclaimed stone on a few pieces of broken roofing slate which you can then put inside the wall, so that future generations will know which old building your stone came from when your building is finally demolished (and it will be!).
Sustainability of reclaimed walling stone . . .
Reclaimed walling stone is the most sustainable stone you can buy. It has a much lower carbon footprint, environmental impact, social impact and economic impact than new stone. Salvo Llp can calculate the carbon footprint and show the emissions savings made by comparison with new stone. (Thornton Kay of Salvo is a member of the BSI committee which wrote the forthcoming British Standard BS 8905 Guidance on the Sustainable Use of Materials.)
The appeal and durability of reclaimed walling stone . . .
Most reclaimed walling stone dates from Victorian England and was hand tooled and has a pleasing patina of age. It was quarried by workers who may have been mining the same stone for generations, so the quality of the stone is usually excellent and very durable. Common varieties are sandstone, granite, limestone, whin and slate.
Dealers in reclaimed walling stone . . .
Many salvage yards stock small amounts of reclaimed walling stone, but only a few deal with it on a more heroic scale, rescuing thousands of tonnes from landfill and the demolition crushers. At Salvo Fair three reclaimed walling stone champions - Abacus Stone, Steptoe's Yard and Valley Reclamation - are bringing samples from the huge stockpiles of stone in their yards to show potential customers. More dealers in reclaimed stone can be found on SalvoWEB.
Reusers of reclaimed walling stone include Chelsea Flower Show 2011 winner . . .
People who buy reclaimed walling stone are often discerning private clients and self-builders who appreciate the aesthetic quality of old stone, or small-scales developers who realise that up-market new homes built with old stone sell better and quicker, green builders who appreciate reclaimed stone's environmental credentials, civil engineering and and heritage project teams such as the restorers of Nelson's Column who used a reclaimed Edwardian window sill to repair Nelson's head, enthusiasts such as Jamie Oliver, and Chelsea Flower Show garden designer Cleve West, who this year built the 'Best in Show' Gold Medal winning Daily Telegraph garden reusing reclaimed ancient Cotswold walling stone supplied by Lichen Garden Antiques.
Discuss your project at Salvo Fair 2011 and reuse more Reclaimed Walling Stone!
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 GAZE IS PUTTING AN ANCIENT ELEPHANT MARINER ON THE SALVO FAIR FIELD
Carl Willows of T W Gaze auctioneers will be bringing a 4ft high fibreglass elephant to Salvo Fair this year. It is covered in colourful scenes drawn from Coleridge's Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner painted by Hilary and the late Lewis Davies.
Three years ago the elephant was one of many painted by artists and dotted around Norwich which were sold at a charity auction for prices up to £20,000. Davies' elephant which was sponsored by The Mall in Norwich sold then for a charitable £3,800 but will on offer at Gaze's forthcoming architectural salvage and statuary sale in Diss on 2 July with an estimate of £1,500-£2,000.
T W Gaze are once again kindly sponsoring the Salvo Fair again will have a desk in the vicinity of the Salvo tent where Mr Willows will be welcoming clients old and new.
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CLOSING DATE FOR SALVO FAIR ONLINE AUCTION IS NEXT TUESDAY
Glen Snelgar of Wellers Auctioneers would like to remind the Trade that the catalogue deadline is Tuesday 21st June for entry into the online section of the auction sale on Saturday 25th June at Salvo Fair.
The online section of the auction will be live on the Fair field and it will be broadcast live over the internet by I-Bidder. Please make sure you have registered prior if you would like to bid.
Other entries will be allowed closer to the auction, but these will only be part of the live sale on the Salvo Fair site and not internet bidding.
Message from Salvo to all Salvo Fair exhibitors: Over the years many exhibitors have suggested that there should be an auction sale during the Fair. After the auction we will be asking exhibitors for their opinion about the auction - good or bad. We would like to point out that it is not a charity auction, but Wellers have kindly agreed to donate seller's commission to Medecins Sans Frontieres, and should anyone wish to consign lots to the sale which will be completely gifted to MSF, this can also be arranged.
Please contact Glen Snelgar at Wellers Auctioneers on 01932 568678 for further info.
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 ICONIC VICTORIAN LONDON PUB MIRRORS AT SALVO FAIR
The Architectural Forum is bringing an iconic set of Victorian pub mirrors to Salvo Fair which appeared in a unique Festival of Britain show at Whitechapel Gallery in 1951 curated by artist Barbara Jones and called 'Black Eyes and Lemonade'.
This exceptional forty feet run of six antique mahogany framed pub mirrors was removed from a pub in Bermondsey. The mirrors are acid etched, with traditional gold leaf lettering, and gilded Corinthian capitals to the frames, which forms an overall ensemble 38ft long and 9ft high available for a cool £18,000.
The Salvo Fair is on at Knebworth on Fri 24th June (Trade Only) and open to the public on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June from 11am - 5pm (last admission 4pm).
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 ANTIQUES TRADE GAZETTE'S BIGGEST SALVO FAIR FEATURE YET!
This week Joan Porter pulled out all the stops to put together a fabulous three page feature on Salvo Fair 2011 in the Antiques Trade Gazette.
Exhibitors mentioned include Guy Trench from Antiques By Design, John Bodrell from Vintage Fridge, Joroen van Orshaegan from Van De Wouwer Decorations, Rodger and Mark Jameson from Trinity Marine, Jason Davies from Architectural Forum, Ed Pearce from V&V Reclamation, Kevin Green from Reclamation Warriors, Keir Lewis, Anita and James Morgan from The Hive, Peter Watson from Cox's Yard, Ben Couchman from UK Heritage, Rod Donaldson from Source Antiques, Fiona Campbell Art and last but not least Wocko the Woodman. Auctions mentioned included Wellers at the Salvo Fair, T W Gaze, Summers Place, and Drummonds relocation sale taking place on Saturday.
Advertisers include Chiltern Antiques, Architectural Antiques Hammersmith, Drummonds Architectural Antiques, Trinity Marine, T W Gaze and The Antique Oak Flooring Company.
Salvo Fair 2011 is co-sponsored by T W Gaze Auctions, Wellers Auctions, and Period Living Magazine. The Fair takes place at Knebworth House, with a trade day on Friday 24th June, and public days on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th June. Open from 11am - 5pm with last admission at 4pm.
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 ANTIQUE EXPLORER LEADS WITH A SALVO FAIR FEATURE
Karyn Sparks from the Antique Explorer writes about the Salvo Fair in 2011's June issue. Packed with lovely photos, this article gives those who have never visited before a great feel for what Salvo Fair is all about.
Salvo Fair is on 24-26 June at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire.
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 A WORLD OF TILES AT SALVO FAIR
Period Living Magazine's June issue features a three page article on Anita and James Morgan from The Hive Antiques, Cambridge, and their stand at Salvo Fair. The specialise in decorative antiques tiles and have exhibited at the Fair for over five years.
Salvo Fair is being held at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire from 24th to 26th June.
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 APPRENTICE TEAM RUNS RECLAIMED WOODBLOCK AND WINS BY £6
BBC TV's Apprentice teams were tasked with making money out of London's clearance scrap and building salvage. One team ran reclaimed woodblock to Park Royal Salvage - at a guess 30 bags, perhaps 25sqyds - for which they asked £200 but settled for £120.
During the introduction at Smuggler's Way waste transfer station in Battersea, Lord Sugar told the teams that London produces 55,000 tonnes of rubbish a day 'of which 20 per cent is collected by the bin men'. The boss of AnyJunk told the teams that it costs £115 a tonne to dispose of normal mixed waste in London.
The teams bid against each other for the clearance of an office and a basement bar, which was won by the team offering to do the jobs for nothing. The other team improvised by door-to-door knocking and phoning in the hunt for scrap metal and lucrative clearance jobs.
Nick Hewer, Alan Sugar's aging sidekick, commented that costing clearance was not easy - it was a subtle business. The teams each made around £1,000 gross over the two days, and paid £300 or so tipping charges. The winning team won by £6.
Note: AnyJunk is a fast growing rubbish clearance business started by Jason Mohr in 2004, the winner of a host of awards, holder of ISO9001 and 14001, and now turning over £5m a year. Jason, a former corporate financier with N M Rothschild & Co, who quit the City to do something 'entrepreneurial'. He qualified as a solicitor, has an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, and is a fellow of the RSA. AnyJunk has purpose-built tipper trucks with GPS tracking, digital weighing, hand washing unit, electric tarp, and all the tools and kit. AnyJunk also emails a PDF waste transfer note to customers on leaving site and provide regular clients monthly waste reports reconciling collections to end disposal facilities and resultant percentage landfill diversion. Now, that seems pretty organised!
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NEW YORK BOTANIC FAIR REPORT
The New York Botanic Antique Garden Show previewed on Thursday evening, April 28, and continued for the next three days. Mid-afternoon on Thursday, Mother Nature threatened with dark clouds and heavy rains, but the predicted winds did not materialize in force and the skies were clear by the time the guests arrived. And they came in big numbers, filling the tent and angling to get into some of the overcrowded booths.
Catherine Sweeney Singer, director, reported that the show went well for the majority of the exhibitors, and the gate was up ten percent over last year. "We were under a tornado watch a few hours before show's preview opened, and had plans to evacuate the tent, but fortunately it did not happen and did not seem to have any bearing on attendance that night," she said. "The dealers worked hard, brought some wonderful things and set up attractive booths, which made for an interesting and well-attended show," she added.
The 35 dealers exhibiting included Barbara Israel Garden Antiques, Judith and James Milne. See the link for a full report.
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COALBROOKDALE FOUNTAIN 'CLONED' FOR MESNES PARK, WIGAN
A cast iron Coalbrookdale fountain in Lurgan Park is being cloned so that a replica can be made for Mesnes Park in Wigan.
Industrial Heritage Consulting Ltd based on the Isle of Bute in Scotland arrived in Lurgan on Monday to undertake a 3D survey of the fountain. The same engineers working on the fountain recently completed a survey on Mount Rushmore in the United States.
The company was involved with the restoration of Lurgan's fountain and are now taking a 3D survey of the restored fountain so a replica can be made for Mesnes Park in Wigan.
Park Manager Russell Eastwood said: "It's interesting to see them at work. It's just a pity the weather hasn't helped them."
He added: "It's a great compliment to the fountain here that another town want to make a copy of it.
"Ones from Weston-Super-Mare came over last year to take casts from the fountain so they could restore theirs."
The survey being undertaken this week costs around £20,000. The cost of the rebuild of the fountain is estimated at just under £250,000.
Jim Mitchell, Design Consultant with Industrial Heritage Consulting Ltd said: "The fountain at Mesnes Park was demolished in 1926. It was very similar to the one here."
Jim explained that Coalbrookdale no longer manufacture fountains which is why they are mapping out Lurgan's fountain so an exact clone can be made.
He said: "This fountain is the most intact one of its kind that there is.
"We use ultrasound to measure the thickness of the iron and laser scanners which bounce lasers off it to measure the shape of the surface.
"It is accurate to within a millimetre. The problem with the weather is, if the fountain is covered in water the equipment will measure the raindrops."
Some of the engineers involved with the project on the Coalbrookdale fountain recently did a survey of Mount Rushmore which involved them abseiling down the front of the famous monument.
The team who are rebuilding the fountain are Digital Design Studio, another Scottish-based company. It's hoped manufacture will start in October and take about a year.
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 SILICON VALLEY TUDOR MANSION WITH DYFFRYN HOUSE PANELLING AND 13THC GLASS
One of the largest private residences on the West Coast, at Hillsborough, is for sale at $43.9 million via Christie's International Real Estate. Chiltern is a recreation of an English Tudor country estate completed at enormous expense in 1992. The 36,000-square-foot main house on more than six acres embodies architectural elements from English country houses including Jacobean paneling dating from 1633, 15th century Gothic doorways and a 45ft high Great Hall with 17th century panelling from Dyffryn House in Wales.
The mansion features seven bedrooms and seven-and-a-half baths. Many of Chiltern's 16 fireplaces have carved mantels and fire surrounds dating to the 17th century. More than 250 pieces of antique stained glass in the mansion, one of the largest collections in the world, date from as early as the 13th Century, including the "St. Giles" and "St. Catherine" panels from the Hearst collection. On the third level, intricately carved antique bronze doors open to an office suite, private art gallery, and sculpture terrace overlooking the bay.
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 DRAGON RIDGE FINIAL SCOOPS £563 AT CHRISTIE'S
A superb 26ins high Victorian terracotta dragon ridge finial with fire cracks realised £563 (est £500-£800) at Christie's Interiors sale on 24 May in South Kensington.
These ridge finials were an English take on the Japanese taste which influenced domestic British housing in the 1870s, and were common through to the early 1900s.
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 NICK KNOWLES GETS ORIGINAL FEATURES AS IBS PUSH FORWARD WITH PRESTIGE CONTRACTS
A BBC crew filming a new series of 'Original Features' arrived on location at IBS Reclaim on the 8th June with the owners of a Georgian house in Wallingford who were restoring a home which had been in use to accommodate staff from a nearby hotel.
The original doors were missing having been replaced by modern day fire doors due to building regulations. During filming IBS Reclaim offered a very distressed six panel door that was beyond reuse, due to water ingress and plenty of cracks. Presenter Nick Knowles of DIY Rescue fame said that, although some die hard fans would reuse the door, there would be plenty of work involved and it would be a labour of love to restore it.
The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Mason, required eighteen matching doors of varying sizes. Nick discussed the fact that finding suitable doors could be time consuming and then moved towards the display of new made-to-measure doors available from IBS Reclaim crafted from reclaimed timber.
Nick was keen to stress this may be a good option for both timescale and continuity and he put great emphasis on the green issue here, whilst he made reference to imported timbers from such places as Russia and the carbon footprint in getting these to the UK, he went on to talk about the other benefits of mature stable timber.
Filming then turned to fireplaces as the Masons had a requirement for several of these. Again several originals were viewed. Nick discussed the benefits of original features, however he was absorbed by the budget prices of the large display of replica fireplaces and commented several times about the price and quality of the replica alternative.
The series of ten programmes will air from October 2011. During each episode researchers also try to discover the hidden history of each property, presenting the owners with a book of that history. Researchers also source materials, specialists and suppliers to assist the home owners with their projects.
Prior to filming David Marlow and Simon Boyd of IBS Reclaim spent about half an hour discussing the history of IBS Reclaim and the current trading climate. Nick then went on to tour the yard and warehouse asking many questions regarding periods and relative products of those times. We discussed the trading situation of the reclaim industry in these tough economic times. We have found the year to date variable with some highs and trying times along the way.
We have also been aiming high, marketing ourselves via SalvoWEB, and also making a noise in other ways. Recent projects supplied include Stowe School Buckingham with the supply of 120,000 peg tiles and fittings, reclaimed Yorkstone for Balfour Castle, Orkney, on the Isle of Shapinsay, the most northerly castle in the UK and only this week reclaimed Yorkstone for Belvoir Castle, home to the Duke & Duchess of Rutland. We are currently working to assist a contractor for English Heritage on the Flint Tower project at the Tower of London.
Reclaimed limestone has been supplied for the training ground of Chelsea FC at Cobham, whilst reclaiming took place at Park Place, Henley, a 570 acre estate purchased derelict for £42m by Mike Spink in 2007, then Britain's most expensive country home.
IBS Reclaim are currently trading at over £2 million a year and rising with a team of five employees. Simon Boyd and David Marlow are continuing to push forward and further afield.
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 GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND GLASGOW RECLAIM CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
Alex Puddy and Darren Jones of Gloucestershire, and Glasgow's Richard McKay had success at Chelsea Flower Show this year, Alex with a Certificate of Merit on Architectural Heritage's stand, Darren as supplier of reclaimed stone to Cleve West's Best of Show, and Richard who supplied reclaimed flooring to Gold Medal winner Jamie Dunstan.
Architectural Heritage built an eighteenth century aedicular grotto housing a marble Ariadne slumbering above a giant clam shell pool, with a rootwork bench nearby. Alex Puddy then livened up the stand with hats by Bailey Tomlin worn by Samantha wearing a fetching poppy fascinator who was the subject of many photographs. Planting was by Katie Guillebaud, who received her own accolade in the Daily Telegraph: 'Look past the mouth-watering outdoor antiques on this stand and you'll see some very elegant planting. It turns out that Katie Guillebaud, wife of owner Alex Puddy, is his secret weapon: she used to work for leading garden designer Christopher Bradley-Hole and knows a thing or two about plants. A killer combination in an old galvanised wash tub was orange Geum 'Prinses Juliana' with Stipa arundinacea. The same grass was used in a beautiful old stone trough with Echium russicum, shown above. Both simple and effective.'
Cleve West visited Lichen Garden Antiques in February (see link below) to source the hard landscaping and walling for the Daily Telegraph's third consecutive Gold Medal winning, and Best in Show garden. Cleve was inspired by a Roman ruin he had visited in Libya and used bare modern etched art concrete columns sourced in southern France as a repeating motif, set in a sunken garden bounded by a rill and walling. "Repeating motifs helps the mind relax, and sculpture hates climbers which is why the columns were bare," he said. Darren Jones of Lichen said Cleve was great to work with and took time to phone the morning he knew he had won. "It was a fantastic project to be involved with," Darren said, "and he is one of the nicest guys I have worked with. We are thrilled for Cleve, over the moon, really chuffed." Cleve West, being botanically-minded pronounced Lichen the German way 'liken' and Darren asked him to pronounce it phonetically 'litchen'.
Jamie Dunstan sourced reclaimed flooring from McKay Flooring to construct the boundaries and create a unique contemporary backdrop for his loose, urban planting, integrating the reclaimed boards (with sports lines still intact) into the overall design to create a beautiful effect of aged timbers speckled with dashes of bright colours. It won a Gold Medal in the Urban Garden section.
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 ANTIQUE TOILET PAPER CURIOSITIES
Fancy some antique toilet rolls? N J Auctions of Belle Mead is selling for $349 a rare oval 'The Springfield', patented June 6 1888 and May 1 1903, manufactured by Morgan Paper Company Div., United States Envelope Co., Lititz, PA. It is complete with its holder. The oval shape was designed to conserve the amount of paper used by sitters by automatically stopping after three-quarters of a turn, and the extra force required to get it turning again tore the perforated sheet off. It was likely used in public toilets. It measures 2 1/2ins by 6ins by 6ins and with the oval toilet paper roll weighs a total of 4 pounds.
Another USA site, Tag Yerit - Toilet Paper Curiosities, has a roll of Perforated Medicated from c1884 by Albany Wrapping Paper Co, in a fetching pink card and foil wrapper which originally sold for 50c and was good for piles. There are more rolls and holders on this website including some from the early 1940s which 'poke fun' at Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini.
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 STAINED GLASS DOORS AND WINDOWS FROM HOLLAND AT SALVO FAIR 2011
A new exhibitor to Salvo Fair coming from Holland is bringing a collection of striking stained glass pieces.
Dirk Dijkstra from De Zonneroos, Eindhoven specialises in art nouveau and art deco glass, and also stocks some religious pieces too. De Zonneroos means 'The Sun Rose'. Included in the collection are groups of up to nine stained glass doors and windows from 1880-1930.
Salvo Fair takes place at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire on 24th - 26th June.
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 GARDEN BRIDGE FOR SALE AT WELLER'S SALVO FAIR AUCTION
A thirty year old salvaged iron garden bridge is up for sale at the first auction to take place onsite at Salvo Fair this year. The bridge was consigned by Peter Watson from Cox's Yard in Gloucestershire, who have been regular exhibitors at Salvo Fair for around nine years.
Cox's Yard dismantled the bridge and are in the process of replacing the oak slats and painting the ironwork. The bridge was originally twenty seven foot, and after its restoration may end up the same length or slightly shorter at twenty two foot.
Salvo Fair co-sponsors Wellers Auctions are organising the auction for 1pm on Saturday 25th June onsite at Salvo Fair. The catalogue will be available online from 18th June. Salvo Fair takes place at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire from 24th - 26th June.
For more auction info and to consign lots contact Glen Snelgar from Wellers on 01932 568678.
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 GATES STOLEN IN 1994 RETURNED TO A SHEFFIELD PARK
A pair of 19th century gates have been reinstated at the entrance to Sheffield's Weston Park having been recovered from someone who had bought them from a farmer who had bought them from a demolition site. South Yorkshire police had deleted its record of the theft, but luckily it was tracked down via a Salvo Theft Alert which had been raised in 1999.
The Sheffield Star picks up the story: 'The gates were stolen in the middle of the night in September 1994. Designed in the style of Sheffield artist Godfrey Sykes, responsible for similar structures at London's South Kensington Museum, the Sheffield gates were erected in 1875 alongside distinctive terracotta pillars. Then on September 7, 1994, the gates, each weighing a ton, disappeared. Detectives thought thieves used a crane, with the intention of selling them to collectors in South America. But last year blacksmith Andrew Renwick, who had put in a bid to design replica gates when they were stolen, spotted the originals outside a new house near Eckington. He told The Star: "They seemed familiar, so we did some research and found they were the original gates." Two Sheffield craftsmen, who restored the gates 40 years ago, were brought in to authenticate them. Stonemason Neville Slack, aged 75, said: "In the 1970s the gates and the terracotta pillars were falling apart, and we had a tiny budget to fix them, about £500. I could point out every repair we made, because you could see it was a bit of a botched job." Blacksmith Stanley Gregory, 79, who also worked on the restoration, added: "I couldn't believe it when I heard they had been found." The new owner had bought the gates from a local farmer, who had stored the gates in his barn for a decade. The farmer had bought them as part of a job lot of scrap materials from a demolition site. After the gates were authenticated the owner was happy to give them back to Weston Park, where they were yesterday reinstalled in the south-east corner.'
Here is the theft alert from 1999. It included a photo (not shown here) and the all-important police crime reference number, lost by the police:
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SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE
Stolen from Sheffield, England in 1994
Description : GATES.
Any info to : PC Amanda Gorham, S. Yorkshire Police. Tel 01142 523325
Crime ref no : F1/25537/94
Source: Police
Salvo Reg Date: 8 Nov 1999
SalvoNo : 1945
Status : South Yorkshire Police Yorkshire Police subscribe to Salvo Theft Alert System
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At the peak in the mid 1990s a quarter of UK police forces subscribed to Salvo Theft Alerts and sent news of stolen garden and architectural antiques to Salvo. Goods were recovered and criminals arrested. Thames Valley Police is currently the only Salvo Theft Alert police subscriber, although important non-police subscribers remain such as the UK's most prestigious built heritage organisation and the Art Loss Register. South Yorkshire Police no longer subscribes to Salvo Theft Alerts. The cost, at £50 a year, was deemed too high. As a result of the police drop-out, Salvo made the theft alert system non-police based and allowed anyone to raise a theft alert, provided they include police contact details and a crime reference number.
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