Whose turn is it to clean the windows?

NOW that’s what I call a conservatory – Item No. 237 from a two vol. Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane’s Castings of c.1884, this monster is one of the very many items of decorative cast iron railings, gates, balconies, windows, lamps, glasshouses, etc. available from the manufacturers.

Part of a selection of trade catalogues seen in the Dominic Winter sale of August 25, it sold at £23…

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