On the shelf...

one Prinknash jug

two photos of the boys,

three part glazed flasks

four very old Fortnum and Mason honey pots,

eight 'wooden roses' from the cedar in the front garden.

and hanging above, 

a 1950s Ivon Hitchens print in its original frame.

I had a heart stopping moment in a charity shop 

when I thought I had found an original, high up in a dark corner.

It bears a label which reads,

by appointment Ryman  & Co.,Ltd.

Fine Art Dealers

23 High Street, Oxford.

Established 1819.

I've never been able to identify my print:

but it's probably one of his woodland scenes.

For a blog with Shelf Appeal

do go and look at Jane Audas's site.

It's cool.

I met her when she was curating the  

National Trust Erno Goldfinger exhibition 

and she kindly agreed to give some of our old Abbatt toys an outing 

in the reconstructed nursery there.