by Pauline McCallum | Apr 7, 2022
Sometimes a collector like myself can overestimate the importance of a favoured set, however this delightful small Ayres vegetable ivory set with 4.5cms king – recently purchased on Ebay is a quality set:-...
by Pauline McCallum | May 16, 2020
These illustrations kindly provided to me by a gentleman known as Ralph are from a late 19th century Benetfink catalogue which one hopes that the well researched information on F H Ayres will stand as the many surviving decent late 19th early and early 20th century...
by Pauline McCallum | Jun 20, 2019
as stated in ththis Ayres category , the claim that this so called Richard Whitty set can be questioned when one views the ayres public Picasa album by CCI member keith MIDDELTON , AND THIS SET WITH WHITTY STAMPING ON THE BOX INSIDE LID R whitty with crown stamps on...
by Pauline McCallum | Apr 14, 2019
For some time the fantastic research treasures have been hard to source by the grace of God but now they are more and more at risk as their existence is by the grace of Google! Last night on ebay a set which one can attribute to Ayres being made by Whitty? Complete...
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