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05 Jul 2018 05:36 PM  

Went to one of my regular haunts on Saturday and spied a lovely 1914 Sundial. Thought it was a good thing so I bought it.  Anyway apparently Sundials are not that interesting where the Worldwide Web is concerned, its one of the few things I've ever searched for that I could find almost nothing about.

I found the maker, Barker of Clerkenwell but I wanted to know exactly how to set it up and what all the extra days and minutes etc meant. Anyway I was happy because it is a lovely thing and apparently at a good price   !!

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05 Jul 2018 05:45 PM  

Come yesterday I am invited to do a mini clearance (ie) "  scout round a house, the auctioneers have been but you are welcome to have a look round "

Anyway I find a few bits,  donation to Royal Marsden agreed and then check out the garden. i am told " Rubbish out there, its a jungle, take anything you want "  .... and I find a heavy but not too bad lump of concrete which is humped to the car !

Sitting down with the people for a final cup of  tea they remember they have a few old books in a cupboard I might want to take a look at ?  Only one book of interest !!! .... you could'nt make it up .  " Hows yer Luck  "  LOL

 

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05 Jul 2018 06:31 PM  

Isn't your middle name " Luck " .
You seem to have plenty of it !!

 

 

 

Admin ... Says the man who finds mint enamels lying in his clients grass cuttings !!

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05 Jul 2018 07:53 PM  

 You'll never be late again now Ross!! See you Saturday?

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05 Jul 2018 09:54 PM  
Yep .... see you Saturday Tykey
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21 Mar 2019 03:06 PM  

 Love this kind of coincidences!!

Nice sundial btw.
 
When I was a child I often played when visiting them, in the old workshop of a sculptor who lived and work in the first half of the 20 the century.
It was the father of a friend of my father.
Not a that well know artist, but never the less talented.
His name was Rik Sauter.
His brother Felix Sauter, was a painter in the same period and lived more up north of Antwerp, in a small village where we live now.
Back in the days when I still had a shop, I managed to clear that workshop and I ended up with hundreds of objects. 
Paintings of Felix who hardly sold any of his work during his live, and left all he had to his brother Rik.
I love most of the work of both.
I kept a few works of Felix and sadly nothing of Rik. I needed the money back then and had to sell.
 
Never the less years later I managed to find other objects related to both men, on different occasions. 
On markets , in a other house clearing and in auction houses.
 
First pic is a rather big painting of a view here in the village, by Felix and one of the works I managed to keep.
 
Second a printingblok of a painting of Felix, quiet similar to the one we have. Fonund in a house clearing.
 
Then a bronze medal bearing the name of Rik when he participated to a art event in his part of the town.
 
And a bronze meda, made by Rik.
 
I can assure you it is quiet thrilling (for me) every time I found that additional item....
 
 
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