Thoughtfully chosen, carefully made homeware inspired by English country living. Here you will find hand-dipped beeswax candles, linen bows, ribbons, garlands and vintage pieces created to bring an everlasting warmth to your home.
A delightful medium clay bottle
Circa mid-19th century
Spartan branded
Perfect for seasonal shelf styling
Plenty of character and signs of age / use
A linen napkin bow in Hellebore
Zig zag contrasting topstitch or fold detail option to the centre
Velvet ribbon tie
Straight-cut tails for a less twee look
Beautifully soft and slubby, 100% pure linen flax
Linen weight 205 gsm
Responsibly sourced from ethical producers in Lithuania
Stone washed for softness
Our linen napkin bows can also be tied onto peg rails and baskets
Lovingly handmade in our Somerset studio
Linen epitomises relaxed warmth which is just right for seasonal dining.
Perfect with seasonal greens.
The velvet tie is not stitched in and can be moved and positioned according to how you plan to use the bow.
Vintage wooden shoe last, originally used in shoemaking and repair work. Made from solid wood, this form was a standard tool in cobbler workshops. It shows signs of wear from use and occasional markings of its working history.
This little shoe last is a functional piece that also works well as a display object, sit atop a stack of books. It’s just right for seasonal styling around the home.
For our gorgeously rusty decorative star - see here.
From the Scrapbook Journal
Beeswax candles
We craft our beeswax candles using a traditional hand-dipping technique, with only the purest beeswax sourced from local beekeepers here in Somerset.
Some of our most cherished pieces at home are vintage and antique. The unwavering sense of home they bring - a feeling of familiarity and belonging that only deepens with age.
Vintage & Antique
Antique French Laundry Paddle (Circa early 1900s)
This old wooden laundry paddle likely dates to the early 1900s, a time when tools like this were commonly used in rural France for manual clothes washing. Clothes would be soaked in water - often in a washtub or at a communal washhouse (lavoir) - then beaten or agitated with a paddle to loosen dirt and stains before being rinsed.
A large original French Provincial vintage olive scoop
Made from olive wood (most likely) with a turned handle and neck detail
Used historically to scoop olives from barrels or preserving jars for serving at the table
Beautifully tactile with patina and signs of age
Early 20th century
Style to perfection in your rustic kitchen or confit pot
Pair with a set of two small olive scoops
A matched pair of circa 19th-century hinged shoemaker’s lasts, fashioned in finely grained beech wood with an amber-toned surface showing characteristic signs of long use.
Each last comprises a solid forepart and a hinged heel section joined by an iron plate fixed with four flat-head screws. A swivelling metal loop passes through apertures on either side of the heel and serves as a locking mechanism for the hinge, enabling the heel portion to open for the removal of a finished shoe.
The precision of the hinge and loop design identifies these as professional workshop tools, rather than display pieces, typical of lasts produced in the major British shoemaking centres of Northamptonshire and Manchester. Their practical use in London cobbler’s shops during the Edwardian period is highly probable.
Significance:
These shoe lasts exemplify the transitional phase of early industrial shoemaking in Britain, retaining hand-crafted joinery while incorporating mechanical convenience through the loop-and-hinge mechanism. They reflect the professional standards of English bespoke footwear production in the decades preceding mass mechanisation.
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