An Edwardian wooden William Patons' twine shop advertising dispenser Johnstone Scotland 14cm tall c1910 Bristol Glass Paul Thackray (1939-2023) was the

Paul Thackray (1939-2023) was the founder of the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds

Here we have a pair of Chinese archaic style brass Gu vases

This piece was sourced like a few others we have for sale from an old international collector who was selling a proportion of his collection by auction

There is also a hair line crack from the neck down as see in the images

consistent with a piece of this age

An Edwardian wooden William Patons' twine shop advertising dispenser Johnstone Scotland 14cm tall c1910 Bristol Glass Paul Thackray (1939-2023) was theHere we have an Edwardian wooden William Patons' twine shop advertising dispenser Johnstone Scotland 14cm tall A charming antique wooden shops advertising dispenser for Patons' Twine. A wonderful piece of early advertising which would have been used to dispense twine from behind a shop counter. The piece could be displayed to advertise either Boot Laces or Twine depending on the contents & each panel features different imagery & text. The lid has a